WordPress 2.3 Out Now, Upgrading Woes In
On Monday, September 24, 2007, WordPress version 2.3 was released to the public. For information on the changes and improvements in this new version, see Changelog for 2.3.
With a lot of significant changes to the latest release, upgrading has to be done with utmost care. Please make a back-up of your databases, posts, themes, and plugins. There are plenty of plugins affected in this release, so make sure that your plugins are included in the Plugin Compatibility List for version 2.3. In the case of this blog, one plugin had to be disabled until a working version comes out.
You may download a stable version of WordPress 2.3 at the official site.
September 28th, 2007 at 17:48
I plan on upgrading this weekend, when I have enough time to spare if anything goes wrong
Looks like a great upgrade though!
–Steve
September 28th, 2007 at 18:44
Hey Steve,
The Update Notification and Tagging features are great additions indeed. Unfortunately, I’m using a 3rd-party tagging plugin similar to Ultimate Tag Warrior and it’s currently broken because of the change in the core WordPress code.
Other than these, I’m very satisfied with the latest version.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:24
Wow….this is such a great news. I’m going to update my wordpress too.
It’s the time now for me to make some changes on my blog too.
June 7th, 2008 at 17:12
Actually, now it’s time for Wordpress 2.5.1. If you ask me, I like 2.3 a lot better and haven’t upgraded many of my blogs because of it. 2.5 will take a little bit of getting used to and there are a few bugs that are just frustrating such as the new password issues.
June 11th, 2008 at 6:28
Yeah, I much prefer Wordpress 2.3. If they work out the bugs in 2.5 perhaps I will like it better. I must say that the 2.5 function for autoupgrading plugins are a great feature.
June 20th, 2008 at 17:50
Well, I have gotten used to to 2.5 now so it’s all good now.
July 17th, 2008 at 5:47
You think thats bad, we just upgraded our 2.1 all the way to the newest version 2.6 in a series of stages. What a nightmare!
July 19th, 2008 at 5:40
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July 27th, 2008 at 23:18
A feature that will only make hardcore developers giddy, there is a not-yet-used-yet-still-functionally-solid method added to the database class. the prepare() method is a handy little method that can be used to nuke SQL injection hacks before they become an issue by creating safe SQL code. Like I said, it’s not in use yet in WordPress because the devs ran out of time prior to release of WordPress 2.3. The feature is officially slated for WordPress 2.4 but I thought I’d point it out as the code is in place (and subject to possible modification in advance of its official support in WordPres 2.4.
August 28th, 2008 at 21:44
Wordpress is cool. The newest now is 2.6.1!