The latest version of WordPress, the best blogging platform, is out.  I’ve instantly and painlessly upgraded Blog Relations’ site, and if nothing appears broken, I’ll do the same on the other blogs and podcasts we are running.

WordPress is now shooting for more regular updates - which is great because we all love new features - but I wonder if the Plugin producers can keep up with the pace.  Some strange things happened with the last version. For instance Extended Live Archives would not work with the integrated static front page feature.  And Ultimate Tag Warrior lost “tag” pages if you approved a comment lost in moderation.   These were two key plugins for WordPress users, and their authors are probably a bit out-of-breath keeping up with the latest WordPress versions.

The key feature of the new WordPress is that it integrates Sidebar widgets.  I suppose I am going to have to make the sidebar “widget” friendly.