A short time ago the WordPress people officially launched their latest and greatest implementation of WordPress. WordPress version 3.0 brings many new features and security enhancements … but is it really worth upgrading to?
Well lets ask a few questions first:
- Is your current WordPress 2.x site working fine?
- Does WP 3.0 offer something that you REALLY need?
- Are your plugins compatible with the new version?
- Do you know what to do if something goes wrong?
- Are you sure upgrading won’t break anything?
- Are you upgrading a ‘mission critical’ site?
So what are your answers?
IF your current site is working fine and you don’t need anything that the new version offers … why upgrade? It could possible break a few things (I know it did on my installation) and it’ll take time to fix everything.
If you are wondering what WordPress 3.0 offers, check out their site and articles about it.
A quick overview of the changes:
- They claim it’s faster, so far it feels a bit faster. Don’t know about how it really is though
- They say it has better security. How much better or whats improved? I don’t know either. It all seems the same to me.
- You can create custom menus.
- Easier bulk updates
- Better plugin handling
And that’s about it. Some people said that the new theme was awesome and a great thing … well, do you honestly care about their default theme? Like me, most people won’t care. So it’s not even a selling point.
So in conclusion: do you need WP 3.0? No.
It offers nothing really ground breaking or all that innovative that is worth the upgrade. But if you know it won’t really break your site and you can play around a bit, then sure go again.
The code base is a bit better, and it’s faster (a bit). So go nuts, have fun. But other than playing around, if you have a very active site with many visitors and interactions DO NOT upgrade until your test, test and then test again to make sure it won’t break anything.
How about you? Do you have any experience with upgrading to WordPress 3.0? I’d love to hear your thoughts about it! Let me know in the comments.
Comment below and get a free cookie!
Related posts:
