Comments on: WordPress 2.5 New Automatic Plugin Upgrade Problems

By: WordPress Plugins That Don’t Work with 2.5.1 » Vancouver Blog Miss 604

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:55:00 +0000

[...] way of Lorelle I also hear there are problems with the Automatic Update for Plugins in WP [...]

By: Epic Alex :: Web Des

Epic Alex :: Web Des — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:31:07 +0000

Hey, I also released a plugin style guide that covers a bit more than Joost’s version, you can check it out here:
http://epicalex.com/wordpress-25-plugin-style-guide/

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:17:54 +0000

@ Nick:

That’s what Plugins are for. Try the Simple Tagging WordPress Plugin.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:29:58 +0000

Help! tagging in wordpress 2.5 is still in infancy mode…

sure, you can write a post, and add a tag… but what about adding existing tags from a dropdown menu or from a list?

Disappointed. Good start, but with six months, you’d think someone would have thought of that.

By: hendra

hendra — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 09:45:21 +0000

i didnt upgrade

By: Oliver

Oliver — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:13:58 +0000

I second Chris. I also prefer to upgrade/update manually, especially because I rarely use a plugin as it comes out of the box. It is also a bit puzzling why you’d want this functionality as a core feature, especially since many (good) plugins aren’t even hosted on WP.org and with the availability of plugins that do one-click updates successfully already.

In fact that’s already (or has been) a discussion on the wp-testers…I wouldn’t mind at all if they’d remove it again.

By: Chris Baskind

Chris Baskind — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:36:35 +0000

I’ll continue to do my plugin upgrades the old fashioned way. But I tried it on a live WP 2.5 site today with All-in-One SEO, and it just happened to work.

In fact, I’ve so far found no issues at all with the 2.5 RC. The upgrade was entirely routine, and none of my plugins broke. I’ll need to modify a few CSS classes to fully enjoy the new media manager. Your mileage may vary.

It’s different. But the more I play with it, the more I like it. I won’t rush my production sites to the upgrade once 2.5 is fully released, but it doesn’t look like it will be long before I’ll feel comfortable doing so.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:22:27 +0000

“Also note that installing WordPress 2.5 prior to the official release is at your own risk.”

Installing GPL software is always at your own risk, official release or otherwise.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:24:40 +0000

There’s also been a good review of the new interface at Astheria.

Jason Santa Maria seems to be keeping his eye on that post too. So it may be a good place to ask questions.

By: Adam Kayce

Adam Kayce — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:45:36 +0000

I didn’t even think about it, but now that you mention it… I tried automatically upgrading the “Admin Drop Down Menu” plugin, and it disappeared… I figured it renamed it, and I didn’t have time to hunt for it, but now that I look, it’s gone.

Good to know…