# Wordpress SOPs

## Updating wordpress to next release

As wordpress is deployed by Ansible, we also have an 'ad-hoc' ansible task to rollout upgrades.
To do this, it's using the `wp_release` ansible variable, that corresponds to the [wordpress version](https://wordpress.org/download/releases/) to download and unarchive.

If you need to update the deployed plugins, update also in ansible inventory the `wp_plugins` list to reflect new versions of the plugins to be updated.

We want to first validate a successful upgrade on the `dev` instance, available on https://blog.dev.centos.org and then proceed with the `prod` one later.

PS: you need `administrator` right to then be able to visit the /wp-admin/update-core.php

So edit the ansible inventory/host_vars section with new value and then launch the ad-hoc task:

```
 ansible-playbook-dev playbooks/adhoc-upgrade-wordpress.yml 

PLAY [hostgroup-role-wp] **********************************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] ************************************************************************
Wednesday 11 August 2021  15:54:47 +0200 (0:00:00.134)       0:00:00.134 ****** 
ok: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org]

TASK [Upgrading wordpress to version 5.8] *****************************************************
Wednesday 11 August 2021  15:54:52 +0200 (0:00:04.926)       0:00:05.061 ****** 
changed: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org]

TASK [Upgrading wordpress plugins if needed] **************************************************
Wednesday 11 August 2021  15:54:57 +0200 (0:00:05.298)       0:00:10.359 ****** 
ok: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org] => (item={'name': 'openid', 'version': '3.5.0'})
changed: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org] => (item={'name': 'classic-editor', 'version': '1.6.2'})
changed: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org] => (item={'name': 'remove-xmlrpc-pingback-ping', 'version': 1.4})
changed: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org] => (item={'name': 'google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp', 'version': '6.8.0'})
changed: [artwork-2.dev.centos.org] => (item={'name': 'akismet', 'version': '4.1.10'})

PLAY RECAP ************************************************************************************
artwork-2.dev.centos.org   : ok=3    changed=2    unreachable=0    failed=0    skipped=0    rescued=0    ignored=0   

```

Once it's done, just ensure to visit <url>/wp-admin/update-core.php and then verify the results.
If it's all working fine, you can then proceed with the `prod` instance.