WordPress 2.9 version was Released
You should already know that WordPress release the 2.9 version, named Carmen McRae, On December 18th , 2009 – yeah it seems as Christmas give for bloggers back then. And many bloggers rashly upgrade their WordPress platform to newest version without any hesitation. I can not blame them for that excitement. Indeed, I ,my self, really excited about WordPress 2.9 and want to have it immediately right after the release. But – yeah there is a but – I decide to wait at least for 2.9.1 release before upgrade this blogging update blog. It is base on the past history that each WordPress newest version releasing surely have some bug on it, and it will fix in next x.x.1 version.
WordPress 2.9.1 version is released to Fix Bugs in WordPress 2.9 version
And the history seems never tell a lie. I read that many blogger report the minor but annoying bug for WordPress 2.9 versions such as Scheduled Posts and Pingbacks issues. And the issues is not only that, there are some others issue related to WordPress 2.9 versions. Those issues make WordPress release 2.9.1 versions not so long after 2.9 versions release. WordPress 2.9.1 release on January 5th, ,2010 exactly. It fix the scheduled posts and Pingbacks problem, and also fix many minor issues. You can find the complete issues that fix by WordPress 2.9.1 release in WordPress 2.9 reported bug lists.
WordPress Plugins Compatibility
And my waiting is not only for WordPress bug fixing but my waiting also because I consider the Plugins support. Usually, WordPress Plugin need time to cope with WordPress newest versions upgrading. And I see many of this blog Plugins do upgrading while I wait the WordPress 2.9.1 be released. It seems the Plugins upgrading process tell us that the Plugin creators do some adjustment to cope the WordPress 2.9 versions. And I decide to wait until WordPress Plugins upgrading is finish. And right after I fell all WordPress Plugins upgrading for WordPress 2.9 versions is finish, I do my WordPress 2.9 upgrading – WordPress 2.9.1 upgrading exactly.
Successfully WordPress 2.9 version Upgrading
Of course, I do the safe complete step by step WordPress upgrading to upgrade this blog to newest version. And yeah – I upgrade this blog by use automatic upgrading facility. I tell you to answer you wonder if automatic upgrading facility still work for 2.9 versions. You can see in picture below that I upgrade this blog is done successfully.
And after some quick checking, it seems that this upgrading is really success without any problem such as scheduled, pingbacks, or WordPress Plugins compatibility problem. I can freely try each features of WordPress 2.9 and find what the difference from previous version. Many bloggers told that WordPress 2.9 have many great additional features in it but I do not that is right if I do not try it by my self, right?
Conclusions
It is better if we wait for x.x.1 versions at least, each time WordPress release new version. I share why it is better to wait in this article. In short word, the bugs will be discovered and fixed while we wait. WordPress Plugin creator will also do needed upgrading in that time so all the plugins have compatibility with newest version of WordPress.
That’s all update this time, wait for next update!
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I guess your theme was not5 compatible or you are a careful guy
I just do not want to have headache after upgrading.
Hi Dana, I’ve seen you around before and now I’m here to visit your nice blog
I just up grade my blog to 2.9.1 and its OK. As I’m newbie to WP, I’m not worry to get headache, lol! Lucky me everything is OK with my new blog.
Thanks for the article.
Great to hear that everything is okay.
Btw, welcome to my blog.
hmmm… you teach us a good lesson bro! patience is the best policy
Yeah, patience is the best option sometimes.
Sometimes, WP comes up with upgrades within just a week after a previous release. So, we need to decide which upgrades we need to install and which to neglect.
You are right. We can choose to no upgrade or just to delay the upgrade for better result.
I upgraded to 2.9 last December and just a couple of weeks came 2.9.1. Grrr! I didn’t noticed the bugs you mentioned but I noticed that in my dashboard, those wordpress rss are not showing so I think I should upgrade to 2.9.1 soon.
This make me more firm to wait at least for next version each time wordpress release new version.
This is an handy tip, sometimes I did admit I upgraded too early resulting in plugin deactivation. So, I always wait for stable version and read reviews
Yup, too early upgrading can kill your blog.
Considering the massive feature and bug update, 2.9 was pretty stable with only a few minor problems. Waiting for 2.9.1 wasn’t a bad idea but in this case, I don’t think it would’ve hurt you at all if you upgraded to 2.9 a few weeks earlier.
But i think it is better to wait. Some of the plugins may do not work with 2.9 back then.
Haste makes waste. I’d rather wait for some feedback before implementing any change. I’m glad we go parallel on this.
Yeah, it is better to wait sometimes.
I always just hit automatically upgrade when a new version came out..
I admit I trust them so much
-Nhoel of keywordspeak.com
and i also trust them so much — trust that it will be needed x.x.1 version to become stable.