Who loves the Internet? WordPress Developers!
WordPress 2.7 Rocks! I just upgraded to 2.7. I’d rather swallow swords than upgrade my WordPress software. Even though the fabulous developers at WordPress outline the easy steps, it always scares the living bejesus out of me whenever I have to take down files and rewrite new ones. So I don’t make a practice of upgrading more than once per year, which is around this time when Wild Dingo is on semi-shut down. It’s a good time to do it too, because Mr. Wild Dingo is home thwarting any effort I have to get any work done for clients with interruptions such as “can you help me carry this piece of sheetrock” or “I need you to hand me that screw that’s three inches from my finger tips” or “is my go-tee shaped evenly?”
So here I am with a few hours to myself (at 9 PM on Saturday evening) and now is as good as a time as any! It took a while. I won’t lie. Because I check, double and tripple check all my files and upgrade steps and and even back up my back ups. But when all was said and done, I have to admit, WordPress 2.7 rocks my world. Last year I upgraded to 2.5, but I never upgraded to 2.6.5 so I always had trouble with the media uploader. Other client sites I manage were on 2.6 5 and I noticed a better backend.
When it was time for me to upgrade, WordPress 2.7 was out. In fact, it litterally JUST came out this month. Typically, I wait around for results of the new update before I install, but I figured 2.6.5 was so smooth, what possible bugs could there be in 2.7? So far, so good. None that I can see.
The new dash board rocks. It’s super user friendly. All my plugins played instantly, I didn’t even have to reconfigure. But make a note, the developers tell you to deactivate all your plugins BEFORE you upgrade. Oh and the media upload feature? Works faster than my fingertips. Gotta love that!
All this PHP stuff makes my head spin. But I sure love me some WordPress. Thanks to all those 150 people who work on this FREE software. I’m grateful it exists and am amazed that it is freely available everyone. And just 2 weeks after the release of 2.7, those crazy WordPress dudes are already prioritizing new features for 2.8. Now, who loves us baby?
January 2nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I’m gonna bite the bullet and do it too then!
I love your new banner
January 5th, 2009 at 12:38 pm
It’s a good idea to update WordPress soon after each update. And as you noted, they are already making plans for WP 2.8! The poll recently closed, and many of us can’t wait to see what’s next.
I used to feel the same way about the upgrades until I started using the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin. No more dreading WP updates! It also backs up all your files for you. It’s one plugin worth supporting via donation. Maybe it will free more time for you to hang sheetrock!
June 11th, 2009 at 8:31 am
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August 30th, 2009 at 11:50 pm
How long have you been blogging…your good at it.