WordPress announced the (early) release of the latest version 2.6 today. I’ve upgraded this site without too many problems at all.

It is worth noting that Alex King’s Link Harvest plugin triggered fatal errors when I re-activated my plugins after the upgrade. I haven’t looked into this too deeply yet and I’ve not yet looked for a patch for this and don’t know if Alex is aware of any issues w/ 2.6 – but will keep my eye out.

It is also worth noting that even with this 2.6 upgrade, I still require the .htaccess fix in order to successfully utilize the flash-based image uploader. I posted about this issue when 2.5 first came out (Although, you can now toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic browser-based uploader when attempting to upload media files… without any plugin enhancements, I should add. The toggle is built into the core for those of you having difficulties with the Flash uploader).

Plugins I have currently installed on this blog that I have confirmed are working just fine and dandy (are compatible with) with 2.6:

I won’t re-iterate all of the great changes in this new version of WordPress – - Matt did a damn fine job of that himself on the WordPress Development Blog 2.6 announcement post – go have a read to learn all about the fantastic new editions and upgrades to your favorite blogging platform.

He did provide a great video for your viewing, and learning, pleasure:

Pressin’ on….