WordPress 3.0 is finally here – should you upgrade?

WordPress 3.0 was just released as an upgrade to WordPress 2.9.2. WordPress 3.0 is a major upgrade (hence the 2. to 3. version jump) offers some nice features and will definitely be worth your consideration – however it is a first release (hence the .0). I will be providing a more detailed analysis regarding 3.0 shortly, but my recommendation at the moment is NOT to upgrade just yet. Let’s see what shakes out in the next couple of days as many thousands of experimenters (suckers? LOL) upgrade and will (I’m sure) report the results (good and bad) on the various blogs and forums.

Having worked with WordPress 3 beta versions in testing environment shows it will be a very nice upgrade HOWEVER, maybe not at the 3.0 level. I would recommend waiting until at least the next several days as the reports come back. If you are setting up a NEW WordPress blog (vs. upgrading an existing WordPress blog) then you can go ahead and check it out, but I would not upgrade an existing important blog immediately.

My $.02 worth. Hope this helps. Stay tuned.

Here’s the official WordPress 3.0 video tour: