WordPress 2.8 is Officially Released

As of Wed., June 10th, WordPress 2.8 is out. There are some nice new features, nothing major, but worth checking out.

If you are on WordPress.com, you are updated automatically.

If you have your WordPress on your own server, when updating, remember to:

• Backup your database and files before updating.
• If you are using a free theme or a paid premium theme, find out if they have made it WordPress 2.8-compatible. If they haven’t, try the update, but again remember to backup. If your theme has issues, upload the old files again and wait till your theme is updated before going to 2.8 again.
• If you do need to update your theme, and you had someone customize it, talk to them before installing the updated version of your theme.
• After updating, if your blog or website starts having problems, deactivate any plugins one by one to see if that is what’s causing the issue.
• Check your widgets and make sure they are working with the new version.

And finally, don’t feel you have to update right away. Make sure you eventually do it, but you don’t need to be the first one on your block!

If anyone else has suggestions or insights, please feel free to comment.