Posted 3 years ago #
so I'm just moving to WordPress, looked a good move. My web hosting company did it for me, I got started and then immediately had problems with upgrading, issues beyond my skills set and time availability.
I've nearly got it looking right, lots of people know I'm about to launch it and I need to do this within 24 hours
Question is is it worth spending any more of my time on trying to find out why it wont upgrade .. what will I miss out on if I don't do it this time
Tricia
You miss out on functionality, because you won't get the new features and eventually your plugins will stop being supported.
You also miss out on security updates, so if your blog becomes popular or you are unlucky you will get hacked.
Posted 3 years ago #
mrmist thanks! :-) this is just what I wanted.. straight to the point. Will leave this open for a little longer to gather any other additional views
Also the longer you leave between upgrades the more likely you are to encounter upgrade issues when or if you finally decide to become current. This is because more testing is dedicated to upgrading from the previously current release to a new one than there is between older releases and the new one.
Posted 3 years ago #
Is there a page that lists the changes made between 2.7 and 2.7.1? It would be nice to know if the changes are cosmetic or security fixes.
You might also want to subscribe to the official WordPress Blog. It usually (always?) lists the changesets.
for changesets you can also go to codex and input version in search bar and get the changes
Posted 3 years ago #
I'm closing this down. I've had some answers as to why I should upgrade thank you very much
Posted 3 years ago #
Thank you. The official WordPress Blog has the information I was seeking summarized. It's too bad that a link to this blog entry is not included on the latest stable download page at http://wordpress.org/download/
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/02/wordpress-271/
The link to the list of fixed tickets on the wordpress blog is particularly useful.
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