Cureless

Now that I’ve gotten my hands on a steady Internet connection, I’m planning to upgrade to WordPress version 2.3. For someone like me who relies heavily on highly-customized plugins, I just can’t do my upgrades in a short span of time. What if the plugin doesn’t work? I’d then have to suspend my site if my layout gets screwed. There might also be tag changes that might hurt my existing theme.

So before the big upgrade, here’s a list of what I should remember to make the transformation easy for me:

• Research for known WordPress plugin (in)compatibilities.
• Research on the features of the new version like new and deprecated template tags.
• If you’re planning to change your current theme, design and create it first. Just make sure it already supports the new features and addresses the known incompatibilities.
• Follow the steps in upgrading WordPress.

One thing’s for sure, until I design a new layout, there won’t be any WordPress upgrades on this blog.