Wordpress 2.0 Is Now Available

[charle97]

no announcement at the site, but you can download it here:

 

http://www.wordpress.org/download/

[TCH-Rob]

Thanks for the info.

[jayson]

I am going to ask a totally stupid question, what is wordpress, mainly what does it do.

 

sorry, but until I came here, I never heard of wordpress

[charle97]

wordpress is a "personal publishing platform" and is primarily used for blogging.

Edited December 27, 2005 by charle97

[TCH-Bruce]

Have you upgraded yet? Anything break?

 

Thanks for the info

[TCH-Tim]

I upgraded to RC1 a few weeks ago and nothing broke. A few things that were supposed to work didn't, but since they didn't even exist in previous versions I wasn't too worried about it. Will probably upgrade to the stable release tonight.

[TCH-Bruce]

I did a plugin check as they suggested before doing an upgrade and I use a couple that won't work with 2.0 so I will hold off upgrading for the moment.

[TCH-Thomas]

For those who haven´t updated yet, here is a short "howto" on how to upgrade, but remember to follow the exact detailed instructions and you should have no problem.

 

Step 1: Backup your database

Step 2: Backup ALL your WordPress files

Step 3: Verify the backups

Step 4: Deactivate ALL your Plugins

Step 5: Ensure first fours steps are completed

Step 6: Download and extract the WordPress package

Step 7: Delete the old WordPress files

Step 8: Upload the new files

Step 9: Run the WordPress upgrade program

Step 10: Update Permalinks and .htaccess

Step 11: Install updated Plugins and Themes

Step 12: Reactivate Plugins

Step 13: Review what has changed in WordPress

 

NOTE: Once again, there are several important things to do in each step, so remember to read the whole intruction on the above link.

 

As I understand when reading about this update on various sites, this update have alot "under the hood" improvements and contain many many bug fixes, so to keep your Wp installation secure, don´t be afraid to update it even if the prodcedure is a bit bigger than an usual Wp upgrade. You can always ask your family here if you run in to any problem.

[TCH-Tim]

Just in case somebody doesn't take the time to read the complete instructions:

 

Step 7: Delete the old WordPress files

Except your wp-content folder (which holds your themes, plugins, and other custom content), wp-config.php, wp-images folder, wp-includes/languages folder if you are using other languages, and your .htaccess if you have custom rules.

Edited December 28, 2005 by timhodge

[TCH-Bruce]

You should also check the list of Plugins that work in Version 2.0 to be sure you don't get bit upgrading.

 

You will want to upload and install any new versions of your Plugins and Themes. Check with the author of those Plugins and Themes for the updated versions.

[TCH-Rob]

Yep, I am waiting a while till some of my plugins make it over before upgrading.

[TCH-Tim]

They finally got around to announcing it.