WordPress 2.7 Upgrade
Wordpress 2.7 ‘Coltrane’ was released today. I noticed when I logged in today. ‘Coltrane’ is Max Mullenwegs (the Wordpress founder) favorite saxophone player.
So I upgraded immediately (in under 1 minute using the Automatic Upgrade Plugin) and I liked what I saw.
As promised, there’s a completely new interface which I like. Comprehensive and conveniently arranged.
There are a lot of new features and improvements, like writing new posts and commenting right from the dashboard. Heck, you can even re-arrange the dashboard and put your favorite menu parts on top of it.
One of the other new features is automated upgrades, so after upgrading to Wordpress 2.7 there’s no need for the extra plugin mentioned above any more. I like that very much.
There’s more, just watch the video below that explains most of it.
And of course Lorelle, the Wordpress expert, has more information that you may want to check out.
I urge you to upgrade as soon as possible. It’s very worth while.
Let me know what you think of it.
Post your comments below.
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Gr888 there are a lot of new features and improvements, like writing new posts and commenting right from the dashboard.
I have heard about the update first on dailyblogtips, but I have not seen this video. Awesome additions.
I used the automatic upgrade plugin too. I was a bit worried cause my theme is old, but I had zero problems. Definitely my most problem-free upgrade.
All very good updates. Specially, I like commenting right from dashboard and rearranging dashboard features. These two are really interesting to me.
Hi,
i also updated yesterday to 2.7.
But i couldn’t find an auto update so i had to do it all by my own
but thanks for the tip of the auto update. i will use it next time
cya,
Hans
I uploaded the Automatic Upgrader, but the devil put me to read the comments about it.
Among them I’ve found a recommendation from one of the moderators from the Word Press team named Otto.
He recommends against using the automatic update plugin for WP 2.7, because people have been reporting conflicts with it, since the new WP 2.7 directly conflicts with the updater (the code is now built in, trying to have it in twice breaks things).
And he recommends to upgrade manually.
I thought that upgrading to WP 2.7 will be easier and faster than before. Yet wishes are not enough. Some work is necessary too.
Cheers,
AT
These are pretty impressive changes. But should I download it now or wait for the bugs to be worked out? I don’t think I’ve ever upgraded Wordpress before. Will it mess up my content? Do I need to do a backup first? Thanks for the video.
Kelli
Hey Case,
you’re brave
I hate Upgrading any kind of software
I’m running 2.65 (I believe) on my Blogs. I will eventually go to 2.7 but will let you brave people try it out first
see you on Twitter
Jack Bastide
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I am scared to do an upgrade now due to old themes and some plugins that is out of support. My test landscape got messed up due to a PC failure and hence only live system remaining. Can’t afford to upgrade now.
But I heard, going forward the upgrades will be automatic due to a new feature in 2.7?
Cheers,
Ajith (New Here)
Thanks for the sneak peak at the dashboard. I have to admit that I’m not too involved in the community, I usually avoid updates like the plague until my plugins or themes stop working. But for the easy dashboard, I might just do it…
-Suzan
The best part about Wordpress 2.7 is now you can upgrade and install plugins right from the dashboard instead of having to upload it to your server and then activate it. It saves a ton of time. It’s a must have!
That’s awesome. I’ve struggled updating my blogs because of how my host doesn’t have one click upgrades through Fantastico or Cpanel. Great plugin advice and I’ll be updating my blog accordingly. I usually hold out also bc an upgrade requires HOURS of time! Thanks for saving me from spending that much time on my upgrade.
Love the new feature on Wordpress 2.7 it really saves time when you are installing your plug ins. I recommended it to everyone.
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I was reluctant to 2.7 as I thought it’s not that important. But after seeing your review, I upgraded my WP right away and it rocks. Thanks.
-Reyn
I’ve been putting off upgrading wordpress- but the automatic updates sounds great. It would fantastic if this was my last manual wordpress upgrade. Hopefully it goes smoothly…
Well i was very much disappointed with the new version. I upgraded from version 2.6.3 to 2.7. What was the result? Yes i got a new interface and all. the problems i faced was
1. No way to switch between html and normal view
2. No way to preview the post before it was published
3. none of my plugins worked.
4. It was slower than a snail. I tried installing gears but no use.
So i was in a dilemma. Went to the wordpress forums many a times, tried the tips from users but to no use. So i finally decided to downgrade. but even after downgrade, i still have the problem of not being to see the post in view mode.
my thoughts are that it was more of a beta version than the so called STABLE release.
Adarsh – http://netguidecentral.com
No, 2.7 is stable. It may be your theme. Switch to another one and see if it works better.
I have found it difficult to keep pace with new releases by Wordpress. Whilst I fully support wordpress as the leading blog software and see it as powerful SEO tool, I think I would prefer if releases were clubbed together and less infrequent. Often I have found very minor updates in subsequent versions and it does not justify going through the update process all the time. Upgrades are easy but if you have a large enough blog, you nevertheless need to backup the database and take all necessary precautions prior to each upgrade.
Even minor updates are important when they solve a security hole. Backing up is easy with the WP-DBManager plugin -and, for security reasons, I do that every day!-, so there really are no arguments against upgrading to the next version.
This really interesting Article. I have heart about the update, but I have changed after read your blog. It is really excellent changed by wordpress. Thanks for this post.
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It’s looking extremely good with round corners and nice graphics.
They’ve made the interface faster and you can drag and drop the things you use the most at the top for easy access.
You can also select between 4 different sizes when you insert images into posts (in previous versions you had 3 options) and it’s extremely easy to navigate. I didn’t like the change they did with the menu in version 2.6, but this change is fantastic. Now you have all your options in the left hand menu and you can expand menu options to select a sub menu instead of first clicking on the menu and after that the sub menu option.
Under the tools menu there’s an option where you can upgrade your wordpress installation. I guess they’ve made this to make it easier to upgrade and reinstall wordpress (I can’t complain about upgrading WP manually since that’s quite easy too). I’m actually looking forward to next version so I can test the automatic upgrade function
I think this is the first time I want to upgrade to the latest version.
If you haven’t upgrade you should do so because I think you will enjoy the latest version you too.
Gotta say that we love WordPress because it allows us to create an easy system for visitors to leave advice from strangers and to geotag their message as well (using the geo mashup plugin).
We were a little hesitant to upgrade, but 2.7 blew us away. It’s eliminated the need for some of the plugins that we used. Great dashboard that gets you to where you need to go in 1 click, you can search for new plugins and upload them directly into your blog, and you can automatically upgrade to future versions of WordPress.
The only thing missing for us was a theme uploader, so we’re still using a plugin to that.
By the way, found you through Court’s D-List (http://courtneytuttle.com/blogs-that-follow/). Appreciate your philosophy about dofollow.
Mark
Great article, thanks for the information. You should try Comment Luv for the DoFollow links in WordPress. I’ve just upgraded to WordPress 2.7 and it works great.
Hey Case, I have been on the fence with 2.7 but after watching your video I am going to upgrade. I hope I dont have any issues with my themes though! can you downgrade back down to 2.6?
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