The first update for WordPress 2.5 is out, aptly numbered 2.5.1. Get it and upgrade, it’s quite painless

The long-awaited WordPress 2.5 was released this weekend, and of course I just had to try it.

The upgrade process is as easy as always:

• Make a backup,
• Deactivate your plugins,
• Overwrite your current WordPress directory from the downloaded TARball,
• Login and run the automatic upgrade scipt,
• Activate your plugins,
• Done!

The admin interface is quite different when you log in, but the new dashboard is easy to get used to and use, so no major learning curve ahead. I found all the features I used before very quickly, and everything works fine as expected. For my blog the upgrade broke nothing in my customisation, so the upgrade was extremely painless.

Get the upgrade.