Comments on: WordPress 2.5 Plugins Beware: Automatic Plugin Upgrade Problems

By: Hitesh

Hitesh — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:41:29 +0000

Excerpt’s will only show words of your post and not display any Javascript code. The only way around this for now would be to use the summary option from reading options instead of using the excerpt function.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:15:27 +0000

Is that Plugin listed in the WordPress Plugin Compatibility page on the Codex? Be sure and check there for Plugins that will and will not work and contact the author directly if there is a problem to find out if they have or will be upgrading to work with WordPress 2.5.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:15:06 +0000

@Erich: Is that Plugin listed in the WordPress Plugin Compatibility page on the Codex? Be sure and check there for Plugins that will and will not work and contact the author directly if there is a problem to find out if they have or will be upgrading to work with WordPress 2.5.

By: Erich

Erich — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:08:18 +0000

WARNING: The WP-Authors plugin is jacked in 2.5 – the widget displays a list of ALL USERS – not good. I wish this upgrade would have been written a little more carefully – WAIT FOR 2.6!!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:12:31 +0000

Actually, I’m not sure exactly how everyone else is finding it but 2.5RC1 seems to be packed with issues. There are numerous elements that just don’t work (like the visual editor, the future post link…). I like the new features but I’ve got to say that this is far from being a suitable candidate for release.

That said, perhaps it’s just my test installation that’s going wrong.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:05:34 +0000

@Jeremy – yes, you can change that link at example.com//wp-admin/?edit=dashboard_incoming_links#dashboard_incoming_links

By: Jeremy Steele

Jeremy Steele — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:43:55 +0000

No clue if my Nusuni Technorati Links plugin works in 2.5 (would assume it does), I'm not planning any future development on it, so if it doesn't work I suppose someone else will have to hack it up. Not even sure if the plugin is needed for 2.5, think I remember reading somewhere that it has a built in option for changing the blog search URL (not sure though). If someone with 2.5 installed could check up on this for me that'd be great :)

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:00:36 +0000

@Darren: Thanks for being the first to pound the drum, my friend. :D

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:48:56 +0000

@Jeffro2pt0:

I don’t think it will be that complicated. WordPress Plugin authors have been “guided” to install their Plugins in their own directories under the Plugins directory for a long time. Few Plugins today need to have special handling like the older ones.

A way to provide any installation instructions should be easy to code in the new feature, I hope. There are some brilliant folks working on this.

Rumors are flying that the WordPress Automatic Upgrade might also be pushed back, too. Automatic upgrades and installations are tricky things.

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:47:10 +0000

Thanks lorelle for getting the word out about this issue :)

By: Jeffro2pt0

Jeffro2pt0 — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:31:33 +0000

Hmm, sounds to me like this is an issue that may get bumped to a service release or at the worst case, 2.6. It will be a pain in the rear to get the majority of plugin authors to code or revamp their plugins so they meet the automatic upgrader requirements.