WordPress 2.5 just came out and this morning I didn’t waste a single second in upgrading to it. Thanks to DreamHost’s one click install I was able to upgrade with, well, one click. Afterwards, I just made some small changes and now I’m running this frickin sweet WordPress 2.5. WordPress.Org also got a face-lift, and now both the software and the site have a new…refreshing, lite feeling to it. WordPress has always been my favorite open source web software, and to me seems like a great example and model for many other open source projects out there.
This new version is just amazing. Aside from the things mentioned in the changelog linked to above, there is now automatic plugin updates. So the first thing I did after installing was go to the plugins section, and where it used to just tell me that there were new versions of plugins, it now also has a link to automatically upgrade, essentially upgrading my plugins in literally less than 3 seconds. Life has never been easier. And the administration interface is just a lot more nicer, I can’t explain it, it just feels ‘right’, fresh, like a new beginning.
To my delight, everything seems to be working fine, the cache, the theme, my plugins, etc. I had to revert to 2.3.3 on T.I.P.’s site because the integration systems (i.e. bridges) for most software such as phpBB’s WP-United, MediaWiki, and Vanilla Forums are all broken because WordPress 2.5 adds extra security by salting the password hashes and encrypting the cookies. Discussion for adjustment to these changes is going on in the Vanilla forums at Lussomo, though I don’t think it’ll lead to anything unless my old friend SirNot who happens to be a developer for Vanilla helps out.
I know I haven’t written much in a while, and I really intend to but I’ve been pretty busy lately. Ironically, I’m having Spring Break the week after this coming week, which is really weird because most schools had it the week of Easter or the week after, and I have it almost a whole month after. So my plans are to begin writing more often, and also to create some screencasts for some friends that have been waiting for months. I also intend on working on the WordPress reCAPTCHA plugin and fixing iLirix (Most likely create a GUI for it and make different lyric engines be modules to the program).
Anyways, for the time being, take care.
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