"Allows you to create a link to yourblog.example.com/?random which will redirect someone to a random post on your blog, in a StumbleUpon-like fashion." — matt releases a plugin then suggest users on 2.0.x aren’t "serious" about their blogs. What?!
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Apr 23rd, 2007 at 5:05 am
Speaking for myself - there is nothing compelling in 2.1.x to make me upgrade.
In fact, the changes in some aspects (like the summary ‘bug’) and the hassle of having to check plugins/code so they work with 2.1 is a massive disincentive.
I think Matt’s just too close to WP to realise this and maybe the presenters of the WP podcast (http://wp-community.org/) are too, as they keep saying they cannot understand why some people havent upgraded.
I might try to upgrade to 2.2 some time after it’s released, but they will need to fix some of the new ‘bugs’ and sort the UI for me to be particularly interested.
Apr 23rd, 2007 at 8:28 am
Given the absolute rash of updates lately I’m not surprised.
Apr 29th, 2007 at 1:38 am
Version 2.1 has gotten 1.28 million downloads since it was released in January, where 2.0 has gotten under 10,000 since then. Call it what you will, but I don’t think 2.0 compatibility should be a big concern for new plugins.
I do agree that upgrading should be easier, especially around things like plugin compatibility and update notification.
Apr 29th, 2007 at 6:17 am
True, however there is no way of knowing how many 2.0 installs out there haven’t been upgraded yet.
Those metrics undoubtedly reflect that a lot of people have pushed new installs out and upgraded existing installs - but it doesn’t track all installs. By any margin. ;)
Whilst I agree 2.1 has some good selling features - a lot of them aren’t killer features worth upgrading to. I doubt Matthew (above your post) is the only person to think that way..
Upgrading is still a real problem - even minor updates can cause all sorts of mayhem. And it’s the pain of upgrading and compatibility concerns that stop many — indeed I did note that a number of well known bloggers waited a good while before rolling to 2.1.. letting others discover the pitfalls first. ;)