Since Nathan wrote up a review for us in Wordpress 2.5 brings some fresh air, we have since then upgraded this site and have been using 2.5 ourselves. I have to say I’m really enjoying it. I was a little skeptical at first, and even had a bad experience updating a personal blog, but I’m still really enjoying it.
With the interface being totally re-worked, it might take some time getting used to where things are. The good part is that this will be much easier to figure out than Office 2007. More pertinent information is shown with a lot less clutter. I think this has to be much more easier for non-technical people to use.
Updates are one thing that have always been a hassle, but there is now a built-in feature to upgrade your plugins. All you have to know is your FTP information to allow Wordpress to upload the files for you. Another big improvement are the media features. You can now easily insert images, video, and audio to a post. I haven’t used it yet, but I’m imagining this will make podcasting much easier.
On more awesome thing I wanted to point out is the fact that nothing has visibly changed from the reader’s perspective. Usually an upgrade of these proportions would render themes and plugins obsolete. Maybe we just picked a good template to use, but I really appreciated how we didn’t have to re-work our blogs just to be functional with the version upgrade.
If you’re a current Wordpress user I’d highly suggest upgrading if you haven’t already. If you need any help, feel free to ask and we’ll try to point you in the right direction.
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