OK, we admit it. While we at PreparedPC.com don’t always live on the cutting edge, we did get googly-eyed when we read about the new features in WordPress 2.6.

After reading the WordPress upgrade guide, we decided to make the leap. After backing up and carefully copying files to right places, and reactivating the plug-ins, we launched our browser and checked to make sure everything was OK.

It wasn’t. The categories that should have been listed on the sidebar were GONE!

No problem though, thanks to David Cumps. He ran into the exact same issue. He identified that a bug in the 2.6 upgrade script deleted the category descriptions from the WordPress database table wp_term_taxonomy. He also graciously wrote up specific instructions to fix the issue by manually updating the database table. This worked perfectly!

Now that the upgrade is behind us, we look forward to taking advantage of the new features to make the useful information on this site even prettier.

Takeaway: Software upgrades are never fun, especially when something breaks. Apparently this issue will be fixed in WordPress 2.6.1, so wait a little longer if you plan to upgrade.

Thank you again to David Cumps.