WordPress 2.1 (aka Ella) is now available. It includes several worthwhile features including a better post editor, more efficient database usage and the latest version of Akismet for comment spam control. WordPress is what I run this blog on as well as all of my podcasts. It’s an amazing blog platform. Best of all it’s free.
However, I’ve still not upgraded any of my WordPress sites to the new version. Apparently there are some compatibility issues between the new version of WordPress and the Podpress plugin that many podcasters (myself included) use to publish their shows. Dan, the creator of Podpress, is currently looking into this issue. You can keep an eye on the situation in the Podpress forums.
It’s typically important to keep your WordPress sites updated with the latest versions for security reasons. However, when a major version milestone of WordPress comes along (such as 2.1), I like to wait a bit before upgrading. There are often theme and plugin issues that need to be worked out despite their beta testing efforts before releasing new versions.
The good news is there is a strong community of WordPress users and coders that get these things solved in a timely manner. In addition, Dan does a great job of updating Podpress despite the fact that he does the whole project for free.
If you decide it’s time to upgrade your version of WordPress, you can find some great tips to help you with the process here on the Lorelle blog.
February 1st, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Looks like Podpress 7.2 (see PodPress Forums link above)
was released earlier today and their getting the last few glitches ironed-out as well.
April 20th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Hey,
I love what you’e doing!
Don’t ever change and best of luck.
Raymon W.