WordPress 2.5 Available for Download

It doesn't sound as easy to upgrade to WP 2.5! I believe that I will wait and see for a while before I actually put in on life.

Hey John,

There is a plugin which automatically does the work for you. It's a great time saver and it works great. Check out the shortcut for upgrading to WordPress 2.5

Use it and you are upgraded in no time.

I updated on my test server with Wordpress 2.5 and realized that the widgets layout is very clunky. Also I had to switch to a different plugin to run PHP in the widgets and posts. Other than that it ran o.k. I think I will update the live blog today. I hope the performance improves with this version because previously the posting process has been slow. :mrgreen:

It is certainly different and is going to take some getting used to

Been running it for 2 days now. I updated all my blogs ... it's great!
And the media features are really worth it!

Kenneth

John, thanks for letting us know. Looks like I get to update AND load up a bunch of pics of my favorite person in the whole world.

Question: Is anyone still upgrading the manual way, using Wordpress.org's instructions? If so, do you have a heavily customized template? I'm reluctant to use the automatic upgrade plugin because I'm afraid it might mess up my site.

I just switched to WP and am still learning it...I don't want to mess anything up trying to upgrade...will this throw off any of the widgets I already have?

I just saw this announcement over at Shoemoney. I guess I'm going to have to upgrade as well.

Already heard many positive reviews about it, and it looks to be better than the previous version.
Lets download and try it out.

All I have is that 2.5 is the way to go. Much Kudos to Wordpress . We are pushing 2.5 and Im definatley gonna review on it soon enough @ our blog. :wink: :lol: :!:

My blog is 2.5 now and it is operating well. :cool:
Need more time to experience it. :lol:

I waited for a few comments here before deciding, and since people seem to really like the upgrade I think I'll be going for it too!

I have been beta testing wp2.5 ... have to say it is pretty cool.

Upgrading now, myself !:D

I updated my blogs today to 2.5 without any problems. Although the update was easy enough, it is not quite the automatic operation I'm used to with most of the software I use. Having to delete directories and copy a bunch of files via FTP is a bit 80s for me. I guess if you like mucking with command line operations and such this sort of update is delightful.

I also don't see what the big deal is with the changes made to the interface. As far as writing pages and posts I personally find Windows Live Writer a much more user friendly tool.

Joe

It sound really great of this major upgrade version.
Did anyone had some on hand experience about the WP 2.5? Any bugs? Will old WP theme supported? Can old WP theme take full advantage of this new WP 2.5? Or we have to wait for new themes?

Just upgrade using wpau, smooth and support all installed plugin :mrgreen:

Bugs - no.
Awesome - yes.

I just updated to WP2.5, what a difference! The new interface is great, pretty speedy. Definitely worth doing if you haven't already, it takes about 10 minutes or so depending on your internet connection to back stuff up.

I can't wait to try this out. There are so many updates.

I updated my blog in 10 minutes and didn't run into a single problem. Definitely worth it. :cool:

Great to hear, nice WP updates

Update complete. Amazing!

SAY, hows does the update, change my day to day blogging?!

I like the update, but had one problem with the Automatic plugin upgrader. I'm using the Wordpress Automatic Updater, which updated wp 2.3.3 to 2.5 okay. The problem, as I found out was that the WP auto updater plugin has a new version to go with wp 2.5 and you need it to use the plugin updater with the other plugins.

Once I got the new version installed the rest went well.

I am soon going to upgrade my blog.

I've updated to RC2 and have had no problems. The new interface is SWEET! The folks at WP have done a fine job with this one.

I seemly not to go pace with new version, I just upgrade version 2.3.3 . it can be said that i am so late to upgrade new version.

I think I currently use wordpress 2.3. Is it really worth it to update?

I've updated, no problems so far.

I already upgraded and I love it!

I was coming from WP 2.2.

Stumbled earlier through a post about this update. That blogger wasn't really pleased about all the modifications in the admin panel.
I prefer wordpress v2.0 and I think I will leave my wordpress blogs as they are. No updates for me.

I am updating mine ASAP - I'll post any bugs if I find them!

Good luck updating this weekend everyone!

:mrgreen:

Updated on a couple blogs so far and works like a charm...nothing broke as far as I can tell...

I'll update it tonight... give me something to do on this snowy/rainy Saturday night. :cool:

I think I will wait also until we get some feedback. I am particularly concerned about my existing plug-ins working properly.

Be interesting to see ... Going to wait a while first to see if there are any bugs that need to be worked out.

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Pedro Nagi / RJ / Brazil