WordPress 2.5 – Where Is It?
Monday, March 10th, 2008 at 11:00 pm
So you may or may not be aware of the fact that WordPress 2.5 is about to be released. The date planned for the release is today, yet the internet seems to be ominously quiet… So where is it?
Lorelle VanFossen reported on it for Blog Herald in February already, and you are able to test-drive the latest developments in a special WP 2.5 demo site.
If you would like to stay abreast of the latest WP developments, you could try subscribing to the official development blog or the development updates, but both were lacking in any recent news when checked a moment ago.
As far as improvements are concerned, nothing I have read so far excites me greatly, which is probably another reason why there does not seem to be much buzz about the release. If you have 2.3 or higher, the built-in notification system should automatically (or should that be “automaTTically” 
) inform you of new releases. If you have not taken the brave steps to upgrade beyond 2.3 yet, you may have to go to wordpress.org and download the new release.
After upgrading, take some time to thoroughly browse your own blog to test and make sure everything is in working order. Keep in mind that your plugins may not be compatible with new releases of WordPress since they are provided by third party contributors. If you find that a plugin is not functioning as it should, check for an update on that as well.
Please be so kind as to post your findings, tips and upgrade tricks in comments so we can all benefit!
Milan Says:
March 11th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
Hi, a few minutes ago i’ve visited the WP 2.5 Demo Site… What should that be? I don’t know but… it looks a little bit od! And the new interface looks not very innovative, well we will see… i’ll wait for the final.
milan