WordPress 2.8 had been released at 10th June 2009. There are a lot of add on features and improvements in this version. It is good for WordPress users to upgrade to the latest version. Today, we are going to summarize some of the important features and also something that you should read/consider before you upgrade to the latest version.
Before you upgrade
There are two criteria that you need to consider before you upgrade your WordPress to the latest version.
1. Plugins Compatibility
This is the most important thing that you need to consider before upgrade your WordPress to 2.8 version. We use a lot of plugins for our WordPress blog. At least some plugin to improve our SEO, right? If your plugins are not compatible with WordPress 2.8, it may crash the whole blog! WordPress 2.8 Codex does provide us a checklist that list out plugins that have been tested for compatibility with WordPress 2.8.
Besides the WordPress codex, BraveNewCode also provide us a WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker that has more details about the requirements for each plugin. Currently, the list contains around 5040 plugins. Below is the screenshot for the list.
If your plugins are not listed in the list, you better contact the plugin author before upgrade your WordPress.
