Upgrade from 2.6.1 to latest 2.8

[jsantari]

I have a site that I want to update from 2.6.1 to the latest 2.8. Do I need to go to 2.7 first then 2.8?

[dragan]

50 minutes ago, jsantari said:

Do I need to go to 2.7 first then 2.8?

No.

Do you have a lot of modules installed?

I would encourage you to upgrade straight to 3.0.98 instead of 2.8.62.

Do it on a dev-copy first, then test if everything still works, and update your modules if necessary.

Some modules may still be labelled as not compatible with v3 - in that case you can try to add PW3 namespaces in the .module file.

You'll maybe encounter some glitches in the update process. If that's the case, here are my usual main two remedies I'd try:

• delete the contents of site/assets/cache/
• in the backend: refresh modules + also scroll down to setup > modules, bottom of the page and hit the "re-create static assets" button (or whatever the exact wording is)

[cstevensjr]

1 hour ago, jsantari said:

I have a site that I want to update from 2.6.1 to the latest 2.8. Do I need to go to 2.7 first then 2.8?

Here is the link to Github that tells you how to upgrade your ProcessWire installations:

https://github.com/processwire/processwire

I would follow that guidance, however it wouldn't hurt to try the update on a test/development installation first.