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 concerns). Change is hard. Take a deep breath, and be patient with yourself and WordPress as you explore the new experience. You will surprise yourself how adapt at change you are, and I’m betting you will soon love the new WordPress.
We did hide a few bugs in there — remember there is no such thing as “user error” — so take notes of the problems and challenges you encounter. Write them down when you first encounter them, reflect on which you think are the worst, and blog about them, discuss them on the forums, mailing list, or report them in our bug tracker.
Only together can we make WordPress even better by fixing the worst problems in maintenance releases (the next likely in about a month), and fixing the other challenges and most important us working together to incorporate all your ideas!
The product speaks for itself, but I often find the WordPress participants too modest to blow their own horns, so here is what Matt wrote:
The Community is Growing
More than growing, it’s on fire. We always talk about things like downloads, and the 2.3 branch has already had 1.92 million downloads as I write this post, but this time we have some far more interesting information I’d like to share.
There were over 1,200 commits to our repository since 2.3.0 and over 90 people were credited in them. This means in our core code, not plugins, there were at least 90 individual folks that contributed something high-quality enough that it made the cut to be part of the download you guys get today. I had no idea this group of people was so large.
Outside of the core commit team, there was particular help from these people, in rough order of number of credits and tickets: mdawaffe (Michael Adams), azaozz (Andrew Ozz), nbachiyski (Nikolay Bachiyski), andy (Andy Skelton), iammattthomas (Matt Thomas), tellyworth (Alex Shiels), josephscott (Joseph Scott), lloydbudd (Lloyd Budd), DD32 ( Dion Hulse), filosofo (Austin Matzko), hansengel (Hans Engel), pishmishy (James Davis), ffemtcj, Viper007Bond, ionfish (Benedict Eastaugh), jhodgdon (Jennifer Hodgdon), Otto42, thee17 (Charles E. Free-Melvin), and xknown (Alexander Concha). Also want to thank MichaelH and Lorelle on the documentation side, and moshu, Kafkaesqui, whooami, MichaelH, Otto42, and jeremyclark13 for helping with support.
And that is just a very small slice of the people that make WordPress the best blogging software in the world! I always want to write more about the people that make WordPress special for me. I would love to read about the people that make WordPress wonderful for you.
I agree! this is going to run wild. I have been using this since it has been released and yet no problem encounters. But a 1.92 million downloads is really on Fire! Bring it on wordpress.com!
Thanks for the heads up. I\\\’ve been considering updating my current Blog but will hold off until v2.5 becomes more user friendly. Though I will start a new Blog to get used to the new features.
One thought does come to mind regarding plug-ins and themes…have you found many problems with either being non-compatable with v2.5?
The new wordpress is the best one yet, and I assume the next one will be even better. I think this is an open ended quest for bigger and better wordpress versions, keep \’em coming!
I hate updates, especially when they are not automatically done and i have to do em manually, there is always the risk that i may mess up everything and lose all of my data.
I have not updated my wordpress and dont intend on doing so in the near future
I was major bummed to see it was in Dallas, TX, which is where I am but I never knew. Not sure if I could have attended anyways but I am a big wordpress fan having my own blog in that format. I like allot of the new features. Still getting used to the rest of it though. Great post.
yes, but there are some security bugs fixed in the 2.5.1 version. ( +70other )
Yes WP2.5 dashboard is changed. But sure, I like the Wp2.5 dashboard than older version. It’s look like more professional and easier to use.
I have a couple of blogs running on 2.5 so far, and have not looked back since. I have not had any problems yet.
I was thinking if the wordpress 2.5 is good enough then I would switch my blog frm blogger to wordpress. I have decided to wait some more time.
I have been holding off on upgrading mostly because I don’t have the time to test all of the plug-ins and modifications I’ve made. I also like to wait a few months after updates to make sure all the bugs are worked out.