2.5 Relase Candidate 1

[james]

Wordpress 2.5 is available for beta testers

Download it here ----->>> http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.5-RC1.zip

But why should I do that ? read on

In Matt's words,

A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting?

[Scott]

All sounds good, but not looking forward to upgrading all of my blogs. Haha

[james]

Not going to upgrade until the official relese right ? thats what I am thinking too

[Scott]

That'd be correct my friend. I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole. I'd only recommend it in a test environment.

[james]

Yep I agree, its strongly suggested that you test it in a test blog ( I have my bet blog but I am just lazy lol )
Moreover, there are issues reported ... for that automatic plugin updater..

[Scott]

I like that auto plugin updater, I just wonder about overall compatibility and obv my wonder was correct. There can and will be issues.

People like me who might customize their plugin by changing the actual code can really be in for a headache with a simple mouse click too. Hehe

[james]

Yep, thats true.. you can read more here

WordPress 2.5 Plugins Beware: Automatic Plugin Upgrade Problems : The Blog Herald

[Scott]

Yeah, I won't be reading that personally... Not until it's more finalized. I have better things to worry about, like this economy.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by Scott

Yeah, I won't be reading that personally... Not until it's more finalized. I have better things to worry about, like this economy.

Other than a few side issues, it actually works quite well. Check our blog, for example.

[james]

Ooh here is somone who already upgraded the blog so only plugin updater issue ? glad to know that ...