WordPress 2.6 is not too bad although it still has some design issues that I don’t particularly like. I come to those a little later.
If you are using the Joost de Valk plugins Google Analytics, robots meta or RSS footer, then you may find there are issues. Your first step is to ensure you have the latest copies of these plugins. Your plugin option from the dashboard will help to auto update these plugins.
Once updated and activated, you will need to go to each of these plugins and reset the values. For me, the RSS footer plugin has lost all its information so I will need to re-enter it all. If you receive this via RSS or email you may notice the footer a little empty at present.
If, like me, you use your footer to carry messages, or for me to carry links to promotions for subscribers, losing that information can be embarrassing and lose you subscribers. The robots meta and Google Analytics will also create problems that you wont know about.
If you use those plugins then update and check the settings. Thanks to Joost de Valk from Yoast.com for letting everyone know through his blog. Sometimes it pays to subscribe to those who write your plugins or themes.
What I don’t like about WordPress 2.6
WordPress 2.6 is not too bad, a tad better than 2.5. However the one thing that is really annoying me at present is in the widget control options. If you have created text boxes and want to switch them from say left to right side bars, there is no option to simple drag and drop from one to the other. In fact you have to remove it from one sidebar and as soon as you do, you lose all the script within the text box.
The only way to move a text box from one side bar to another is by copying the contents, removing the box from sidebar, saving, selecting the second sidebar, then adding a text box and pasting the code in. Don’t forget to save again. That is a lot of steps compared to WordPress 2.3 where you could drag – drop and save – job done.
Poor design WordPress – so far I am happy with the rest – if anything annoys me I will let you know.
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Thanks for your review.
It’s not always advisable to jump inmediately on every “latest issue”. I’m still using WP 2.3 as it fits my needs and I could lose some of the plugins by migrating to 2.6 (or even 2.5).
I was thinking to use WP 2.6 to set up some new blogs from scratch, but now that I’ve read your review, probably will wait a bit more for a 2.6.x version or just plainly use 2.3 as I’ve already used to it.
Great review..
However, i really advise that people switch to the latest version of wordpress..
There are many bug fixes – security fixes other then that i am aware that it might and most probably will make you loose some of your plugins and themes. but it’ll put you on the safe side.
I really dont like upgrading so often either.. but for people who are lazy to take some time and upgrade theres a good plugin out there that will auto update your wordpress installation to the latest version available on WordPress.org
Thanks for reading
I use a new version of wordpress but still got hack
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Great review..
However, i really advise that people switch to the latest version of wordpress..
There are many bug fixes – security fixes other then that i am aware that it might and most probably will make you loose some of your plugins and themes. but it’ll put you on the safe side.