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When you disable and then enable plugins do all your settings remain the same?
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When you disable and then enable plugins do all your settings remain the same?

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They should. &nbsp;Disabling just prevents the plugin from running but it should keep the settings intact. &nbsp;When you update a plugin, it disables it, download, then re-enables.<br />
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If the plugin is poorly designed and un-registers on deactivation (instead of deletion), well...don't use poorly designed plugins.
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They should.  Disabling just prevents the plugin from running but it should keep the settings intact.  When you update a plugin, it disables it, download, then re-enables.

If the plugin is poorly designed and un-registers on deactivation (instead of deletion), well...don't use poorly designed plugins.

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I have a WP site with about 25 modules (all up to date) but I want to upgrade the Wordpress site from 3.4.2 to 3.8.1. &nbsp;I'm worried about issues arising. &nbsp;Can I go here <a href="http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/" rel="ugc">http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/</a>&nbsp;and do the upgrades one by one? &nbsp;ie. 3.5 to 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 and so on. &nbsp;Will this minimize issues.<br />
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Also, can I go here <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2" rel="ugc">http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2</a>&nbsp;and just upload the files that have been Revised. &nbsp;Will this cause the WP site to upgrade properly?<br />
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Am I being paranoid?
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I have a WP site with about 25 modules (all up to date) but I want to upgrade the Wordpress site from 3.4.2 to 3.8.1.  I'm worried about issues arising.  Can I go here http://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/ and do the upgrades one by one?  ie. 3.5 to 3.5.1 to 3.5.2 and so on.  Will this minimize issues.

Also, can I go here http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.4.2 and just upload the files that have been Revised.  Will this cause the WP site to upgrade properly?

Am I being paranoid?

Upgrading Wordpress after missing many updates

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