And now Ladies and Gentlement, I give you my Tech Tip of the day number God knows what. Here is how you can install and/or upgrade your WordPress Installation in less than 4.52 minutes.

1. Upgrading:
Upgrading WordPress can be a little bit of an annoying process, since it involves a lot of steps such as backing up the database (just in case), deactivating all the plugins, downloading the newer version, uploading the new files and overwriting the old ones, and then reactiving the plugins, and hoping all goes well. however there is a way in which you can upgrade your WordPress installation in less than 1 minute, with little to no effort.

I am talking of course about the called WordPress Automatic Upgrade plugin by Techie Buzz. I’ve tried it on a couple of secondary WordPress sites that i operate (for testing purposes) and it worked like magic. I seriously could not believe how fast and easy it was.

In order to use this plugin, simply upload and activate it. Once activated, you will see a new option under Manage called Automatic Upgrade. The plugin, through a wizard like interface, will walk you through all the steps needed to upgrade WordPress, including checking over your current installation, putting your blog into maintenance mode, and even grabbing the latest version of WordPress from the official download page, and all you have to do is click click. thats all.

If you have a standard WordPress installation, I highly recommend using this plugin to keep your WordPress software up to date.

2. Installing:
This one might need an itty bitty amount of work at your end, but it is equally fast and easy as the AWUP above. all you need to do here is create the database and assign a username/password to it. (if you don’t know how to do that, you can check out the WordPress detailed instructions site, and it’ll explain everything to you step by step.) thats it. now head over to Vladimir Ghetau’s Wordpress Web Installer. fill in the form, and you’re done. can’t get easier than that now can it? this web installer however currently installs WordPress version 2.2.1, but thats no problem, is it?

I have to mention though, that I personally believe in getting down and dirty with things, i.e: I like to do everything manually, not that there’s anything wrong with using the automated processes above, but thats just me, i like to stay on top of things, since I believe that doing everything by hand reduces that chance for errors and what not.

So, thats it. enjoy.