There are only several days left till WordPress 2.3 is official (September 24th). Getting ready for it won’t be the easiest thing and hopefully it won’t be complicated either. Here’s an update to my previous post.
Upgrading and When:
After reading TechnoSailor’s 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.3, it just confirmed what I’ve haven’t read but only assumed:
WordPress 2.3 brings us a lot of good things. It’s certainly not perfect. I’d personally recommend that everyone wait before rushing right out and upgrading. There may be breakage so make sure you back stuff up. With a new version, it’s usually wise to wait a few weeks and let plgin authors catch up and update their plugins. Of course, the fewer plugins you use, the better off you’ll be - but that’s a matter of choice. Overall, this is a very solid release in my opinion.
Well, TechnoSailor. I’m aboard your recommendation. I’ll wait at least a week or three since:
- I do use quite a few plugins and wait for some updates
- the new tagging options will have to be implemented in my theme (k2)
- WordPress released the RC1 with less than a week before
That’s that for the WordPress 2.3 (for now).
New Themes:
Wordpress Theme Generator: This latest update comes with 2.3 support and support for Tags as clouds and under each article as article tags. The code generated is now XHTML compliant and there are more colors to choose from. (Thanks Web Log Tools for this)
New Plugins:
One would hope they are 2.3 compatible if they are coming out now, most of them are, if they aren’t, they’ll be noted:
- Advanced Tag Entry WordPress Plugin - lets you choose tags from a drop-down list to your posts, remove tags you’ve already added to your posts, create new tags, edit tags, and delete unused tags from the database.
- Sign Out Reminder - Displays a reminder to users to remember to sign out whenever they log in to the admin area.
- Polaroid on the Fly* - Creates polaroids of images on the fly for thumbnails in posts.
- Plastic Tunes* - A Multi-User “Now Playing” plugin that accepts input from iTunes, WinAmp, and many more.
- Better nearby posts links* - Adds two enhanced commands to replace WordPress ‘previous post’ and ‘next post’ functions.
- WP-PostViews Plus* - Enables You To Display How Many Times A Post Had Been Viewed By User Or Bot.
* = No Mention of 2.3 compatibility
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