Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1
Several weeks ago WordPress 2.5.1 was released but it was only last week that I was able to upgrade my blog (SofieHofmann.com Blog) and all the sites (Sehdi.com, Weggis.net, Pandan.ph among others) that I manage and maintain using WordPress. I was on vacation for at least 3 1/2 weeks.
Well, upgrading the blog and the sites went fine. I just followed my 10 Steps to upgrading WordPress.
I noticed something though at the Plugins section regarding Widgets before I upgraded the blog and sites using WordPress 2.5 and even after upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1. Did you notice those remarks stating that a plugin has a new version available? Well, the link of the supposed new version of the Widget mentioned does not match to the particular Widget being used.
Let me illustrate it…
First Example:
There is a new version of Simple Recent Comments Widget available. Download version 1.2.1.20070210b here or upgrade automatically.
This text “Download version 1.2.1.20070210b here” is being linked to the Sidebar Widgets page in WordPress.org (as of this writing, the version is 1.2.1.20070210b as it may change later on) and not to the Simple Recent Comments Widget page (if there is any as I did not find the page when I search WordPress.org for it).
Second Example:
There is a new version of WP-PostViews Widget available. Download version 2.20 here or upgrade automatically.
This text “Download version 2.20 here” is being linked to WP-DBManager page in WordPress.org (as of this writing, the version is 2.20 as it may change later on) and not to the WP-PostViews Widget page in WordPress.org (as of this writing, the version is 1.20 as it may change later on). I am actually using the simple WP-PostViews (current version 1.20) and not WP-PostViews Widget.
Then I saw a discussion about WP-PostViews Widget at the Wordpress Forum, and Lester Chan (GaMerZ), the WP-PostViews and WP-DBManager Plugins developer, have explained why. Kindly click “wp-dbmanager is showing as an upgrade for wp-postViews Widget” for information.
Well, we’ll just have to bear with it, sooner or later, they’ll find the solutions for it. Creating Plugins for WordPress is voluntary and we should be grateful that we are benefiting from each developer’s work.
Kudos to the WordPress Plugins Developers!
I am Sofie Hofmann and I have been designing websites since 1999. My background is in training, sales and marketing before venturing into web design and development but merely as a hobby.
