CiviCRM Upgrades

2024Nov23: Upgrade CiviCRM from V5.75.1 to V5.75.2 -> V5.76.3 -> V5.77.1 -> V5.78.4 -> V5.79.0

• Backup DB – Select playground.uv4sor.org in VirtualMin, Click “Edit Databases”
  • Click “Manage” for playground_wordpress
  • Click “Backup Database”
  • Set “Path on Server”: /mnt/volume_nyc3_01/home/uv4sor/tmp/db_2024Nov23.bkup
  • Click “Backup Now”
• Upgrade  – Select playground.uv4sor.org in VirtualMin, Click “File Manager”
  • Upload V5.75.2 and Prepare
    • Enter “playground.uv4s0r.org/public_html/wp-content/uploads/art” directory
    • Click “Upload”
    • Check “Extract Compressed”, in Upload Window Select civicrm-5.75.2-wordpress.zip
    • Click Menu “File”, Click “Upload to Current Directory”
    • Enter “playground.uv4s0r.org/public_html/wp-content/plugins” directory
    • Move  “civicrm” to “/tmp/civicrm.old”
    • Move “/tmp/civicrm-5.75.1-wordpress/civicrm” to “civicrm”
    • Enter “playground.uv4s0r.org/public_html/wp-content/uploads/cicicrm/templates_c”
    • Delete all “Cache*” files
  • Upgrade
    • Click on ‘CiviCRM / Settings’ , Click ‘ Upgrade CiviCRM’ link
    • click “Upgrade Now” 
    • Wait for “Congratulations! Your upgrade was successful!”, then Return to CiviCRM home page link. This will rebuild CiviCRM menus automatically and return you to the CiviCRM home dashboard.
• Repeat Upgrade procedure for V5.76.3 -> V5.77.1 -> V5.78.4 -> V5.79.0
• Confirm Version, In VirutalMin, Click Select playground.uv4sor.org
  • Click “Edit Databases”
  • In playground_wordpress row, Click “Manage”
  • Click Execute SQL, Enter “SELECT version FROM civicrm_domain”, Click Execute
  • Expected Result: Version 5.79.0
• Switch to PHP 8.3 – Select playground.uv4sor.org in VirtualMin, Click “Web Configuration / PHP Options”
  • Select PHP Version 8.3.14

2024Dec07: Upgrade to CiviCRM 5.80.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/5.80.0
• Also add “User Login History” plugin

2024Dec13: Upgrade to CiviCRM 5.80.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/5.80.1

2025Jan11: Upgrade to CiviCRM 5.81.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/5.81.0

2025Jan22: Upgrade to CiviCRM 5.81.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/5.81.1

2025Feb07: Upgrade to CiviCRM 5.82.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/5.82.0
• Version 5 will end 2024. Version 6 will start 2025.

2025Mar20: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.0.2

• First stable release of Version 6
• Backup DB: tmp/db_2025Mar20.bkup
• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.0.2

2025Mar24: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.0.3

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.0.3

2025Apr05: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.1.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.1.0

2025Apr18: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.1.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.1.1

2025Apr22: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.1.2

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.1.2

2025May09: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.2.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.2.0

2025Jun06: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.3.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.3.1

2025Jul18: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.4.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.4.0

2025Aug09: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.5.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.5.0

2025Sep08: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.6.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.6.1

2025Oct11: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.7.1

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.7.1

2025Nov08: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.8.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.8.0

2025Dec05: Upgrade to CiviCRM 6.9.0

• Release Notes: https://download.civicrm.org/release/6.9.0