WordPress 2.6 Released!

Last night the team pushed the button releasing WordPress 2.6 onto the world. This is a nice polishing release (”stronger better faster”) with a surprising number of features. The features I expect to continue to take the most advantage of are Google Gears, image captions, and plugin update notification. This is a special release for me, because I had very little to do with it ;-)

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  1. eranda wrote::

    I am currently running wp2.5 and the moment i saw wordpress 2.6 I wanted to upgrade to it. Only problem is I am not confident enough to do it my self as my coding skills are not up to standards :-) The earlier version was installed with one click fantastico utility provided by hostgator,
    Anyway, If this is worth upgrading I will hire some one and get this done,
    But the question is will it worth the trouble?At the moment I am using windows live writer to write my posts so I get all the customizations i need very easily. What are your thought regarding the new update?
    :-)

    Friday, July 18, 2008 at 9:54 am #
  2. Lloyd wrote::

    Hi eranda, I guess I work first check with Hostgator to see when they will be providing a one click upgrade. I’m biased, but I think it’s always a good idea to be at the latest version. Some argue that it’s best to wait until a .1 for an release comes out.

    It’s easy to install WordPress on any desktop computer, so you can play around with the upgrade before doing it on your live blog.

    Friday, July 18, 2008 at 12:28 pm #
  3. dfl wrote::

    Thanks for posting this. I didn’t realize a new version had come out. I could have swore I just upgraded last month. Yes, that’s right, I did upgrade last month. I guess I’ll have to upgrade again.

    Upgrading doesn’t take too long. Still, it is a hassle and I sometimes wish these open source apps would update less frequently. Except for security patches. Those should come out regularly.

    Friday, July 18, 2008 at 6:25 pm #