WordPress 3.0 – Should You Switch Now?

Since I made my post yesterday I’ve already had quite a few people ask me if they should switch to the new version. Here’s my take on it…

If you don’t have to, I’d wait a least a few days or a couple of weeks. It’s been in Beta, so most of the kinks are worked out, but with such a major release you may want to check your theme developer site to make sure it’s been tested. Your Plugins may not work with the version yet either.

I did get a message from iThemes saying:

“For many months now, we have tested all of our themes and PluginBuddy has
tested its plugins with the development versions of 3.0. We are pleased to
announce that all of our themes and of the PluginBuddy plugins work
properly with the new 3.0 release.”

Unless you like checking out what’s new I’d wait. Sometimes WordPress comes out with an update soon after a major release.

If you do want to upgrade now, make sure you backup your site in case there is any incompatibility. iThemes new plugin “Backup Buddy” is one way to ensure you have a reliable copy of your site.

Hopefully I’ll have time this weekend to play with all the new features and report back to you!