The long awaited upgrade to Wordpress is finally available for download! I just finished upgrading GrandmasterB.com and it literally took five minutes to perform the upgrade. The preparation for the upgrade did take a bit longer as I did a complete backup of the site and backed up the database (which is always highly recommended). If you are interested in reading about details of the new Wordpress 2.5 upgrade you can check out via the Developers Blog.

wordpress 2.5 dashboard

One thing that I think is really cool is the new dashboard user interface. There’s a clean new look to the administration area that is really nice. Another thing that I noticed after the upgrade was the plugin updater. Rather than having to download the updates manually, you can opt to have them update from the backend and complete the updates in seconds

If you haven’t had a chance to upgrade your installation of Wordpress, and are a little nervous about it; fear not. There are detailed instructions that I found very helpful and informative. Let me know if you had any issues with the upgrade or what you like about the new features. Happy Blogging!

~ GrandmasterB