You are correct, up grade to 1.5 by de activating BP and all plugins then erase contents of BP folder upload 1.5 then reactivate. Make sure 1.5 works before upgrading 1.5 to 1.6. As always back up db
thank you very much for your response, can i pick any 1.5 version?
You could even step each 1.5 version. Use the first 1.5 then upload last 1.5.
I’ve personally done a 1.2.4(ish) all the way up to 1.5.4(ish — whatever the latest version was at that time). Worked ok, I don’t think there’s a need to step through 1.5 versions.
thnx crew!
back to guessing a bit, trying to download the versions. i’m here poking around: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/browser#tags/1.5.1
would i need to download those folders, rename them buddypress and then upload that way?
where do i download the older versions of buddypress?
best,
dainis
i guessed at the naming convention and just added “.zip” to the filename.
so if the current version is at https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.6.1.zip
then 1.5 is https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/buddypress.1.5.zip
i was guessing though and could not find that info posted anywhere though it likely is…
best,
dainis
ok, tried to go from buddypress 1.2.6 to 1.5 on a WP 3.0.1 site
and got the following error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function show_admin_bar() in wp-content/plugins/buddypress/bp-core/bp-core-buddybar.php on line 585
restoring the site from a backup now.
i had all of the plugins inactivated.
how do you suggest i proceed — the site is using the default BP theme.
best,
dainis
show_admin_bar() was introduced in WordPress 3.1. What version of WordPress do you have
slam blam bloom blaaam. upgraded WP first. then went through BP 1.5 and then 1.5.6 then auto to latest.
== slam blam bloom blaaam ==
I assume that this issue has been resolved? 
if you consider accomplishing the task by hitting my laptop with a fuzzy mallet, pouring coffee into the keyboard to “wake up” the computer, downloading databases, failing at recovering my backup, then needing flop and then flip versions of BP back and forth, and then just waving my hands over the computer chanting “oh buddypress and wordpress update work oh work hhoooommiiiiii aaaah”
and then it working.
then yes.
PS: i did very few of the above mentioned steps and do not recommend you try them at home.
