I upgraded to WordPress 2.7.1 and all I have to say is it’s better than my girlfriend. No really, it is. If you are scared to upgrade because you think “it needs time” or something, don’t be. I’m normally like that but this time I decided to try it out. And it was definitely worthwhile.

The features are just amazing. My favorite feature is the quick edit (posts) feature. Say you wanted to change the category on a bunch of your posts (like I did yesterday). Instead of opening all the posts one by one, you click quick edit and it opens up some of the setting of your posts such as your post slug, categories, status, date published and more.

It also very easy to navigate WordPress 2.7.1. It comes with easy drop down menus to the left of the dashboard so no more clicking around (even though if you had WP Admin Bar plugin you wouldn’t have to.) 

2.7.1 also comes with a Tools section and they defintiely come in handy. If you use Firefox or IE WP 2.7.1 also support Googles Gears which will help speed things up by storing certain things locally. You can find more about this here http://gears.google.com/. 

Another tool that I love is the built in auto-upgrade unfortunately I have yet to use it but I’m going to check it out one of these days. I still use the WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin, but now that I’ve noticed this. Hopefully, I can scrap the plugin. I love the way that they’re slowly making a more and more complete platform. 

Want to UPGRADE but don’t know how?

There’s an easy way and a hard way. I’m only going to show you the easy way. 

1. Follow this link and download and install this plugin – WordPress Automatic Upgrade

2. Activate the Plugin. You should see a link closer to the top of the page that says “Click Here to Automatically Upgrade WordPress to latest Version”

3. Click there and follow the steps.

4. If you have problems visit here. You may need to make certain folder writable.

Better functionality and usability. And of course more secure. It’s the way to go if you have WordPress. Hardly any complaints from me. What do you think about it so far?

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