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Prepare for Wordpress 2.3 this monday

Wordpress 2.3 is coming out this Monday and while I normally say upgrade as soon and as often as you can for 2.3 I think it would be a good idea to wait until wednesday. This isnt because WP 2.3 is going to suck quite the opposite in fact. I installed the Release candidate and have been keeping track of all the bug report and fixes on Trac. They have some really neat features planned with 2.3 I personally just believe they wont have all the bugs worked out by monday, hopefully Im wrong though.
New Features

I haven’t found an official post on all the new features but from using the RC, Ive noticed….

• GoogleBlogSearch instead of technorati for the incoming links
• New tags features added
• “pending review” option added to post status
• Instead of having a ton of titles for Your Drafts it adds a more button after 3.
• Notifies you on the plugin management page if a new version’s available for your plugin

Will My Current Plugins Work?

A few of the plugins I used were incompatible but they have now released updates to fix the errors, You can check out the list of all known compatiblities and incompatiblities for Version 2.3 here.

I Spend More Time Upgrading then Actually Blogging

Hopefully the above statements not true, but sometimes it can feel like everytime you upgrade they come out with a new release. Its good that they are coming out with new releases but there has to be some way to make upgrading easier. What do you know there is? Its called Subversion.(BEWARE:If you dont understand what they are saying in that post, you are probally better off with the old method)

Host an Upgrade Party

If you live in the San Fransisco Bay Area, Matt is hosting a WP Upgrade party on wednesday so if you are worried about upgrading it probally would be a good idea to stop on by, If you dont live in San Fransisco you can always host our own or see if someone is hosting one in your area with upcoming.org.

I will post more about the new release as I find it so stay tuned and if your a coder lend a hand and download the Release Candidate.