Tag Archives: WordPress 2.5

WordPress 2.5 in the Wild!

This morning at WordPress 2.5 release was released live at WordCamp Dallas! So gitty up and upgrade!
When you first try WordPress 2.5, it will feel like it has changed a lot, possibly for the worst (my wife Julia had her … Continue reading 

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I’m Biased, But Try Movable Type and Drupal

Anil Dash has written an article titled “A WordPress 2.5 Upgrade Guide” on the official movabletype.com blog. It is full of misdirection, and, thankfully, overall it hasn’t been well received. What excites me is it has sparked some excellent … Continue reading 

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Media Library and WordPress Plugin Challenge

WordPress 2.5 will be the first release with more than a rudimentary image and media experience right out of the box. There are now add media buttons in the editor, the manage menu includes media library, and there is a … Continue reading 

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Surfin’ WordPress 2.5 with Safari 3

With the release of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), the simple, elegant, fast web browser Safari 3 is here.
Very soon we will release WordPress 2.5, and about the same time WordPress.com will be updated.
With Safari 3 and WordPress 2.5 you … Continue reading 

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Matt Thomas Put Under the Press, WordPress 2.5 That Is

Matt Thomas, our brilliant web designer on team Automattic, has been very busy working on WordPress 2.5 .

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Jacob Santos, “I’ll provide a patch after I graduate”

“Sorry, I’ll provide a patch after I graduate. I don’t have the time at the moment.” writes Jacob Santos aka darkdragon, in WordPress bug ticket #5860 Activating plugin that uses upgrade functions (dbDelta) fails , and I think he was … Continue reading 

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WordPress Trunk, More Feed, Less Plugin

With changeset 6763 on WordPress trunk (soon to be WordPress 2.5), when I select Full text in Settings > Reading I now get… you got it, full text feed.
Ryan wrote in the issue ticket, “Looking back, this was a mistake. … Continue reading 

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Updating WordPress Plugins 2.2 to 2.3 and to 2.5

Jennifer Hodgdon, WordPress Plugin Development Documenter extraordinaire, has written Migrating Plugins and Themes. This seems like a great resource for the WordPress plugin developer who may have been putting off updating their blogs.
As she says, “it’s a Wiki — … Continue reading 

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