There’s a new WordPress now, confirming my suspicions that the dust hasn’t settled on WP 2.5 yet. The new version, WP 2.5.1, includes one important security fix, and (according to the WordPress announcement) “over 70 other fixes.” If you’ve already installed WordPress 2.5 — but only if you’ve already installed it — you may want [...]

Can’t find your Category ID numbers in WordPress 2.5? Here’s help. There are many reasons why I didn’t recommend WordPress 2.5… until now.  (Security issues make it imperative to upgrade to 2.5.1 immediately.) One reason why I was hesitant about WP 2.5.x is Category ID numbers. You can’t see them as easily in WordPress 2.5, [...]

If you’re working with WordPress 2.5 and using Firefox as your browser (I am), you may have wondered where the Popularity Contest widget’s Edit button went. The only way I can see it is if I open my WordPress admin panel in Internet Explorer. It’s there, but this is another reason why I recommend not [...]

After a day of experimenting, this is what I’ve learned: WordPress 2.5 works fine with everything I recommend in my book… except one plugin. On some (but not all) servers, the Extended WP Contact Form plugin doesn’t work. For me, that’s an important issue. Are WordPress 2.5′s improvements worthwhile? Not yet. The new WordPress (2.5) [...]

I had two big problems when I upgraded to WordPress 2.5. One plugin had a fatal error, and I couldn’t upload new images in the “add media” popup window. I was ready to revert to 2.3 until I found the solutions. Here they are: The image upload solution was in the WordPress Support forum. In [...]