The latest version of wordpress 2.1 is near completion, and it seems most of the changes are to the backend, the SQL database stuff, something I know very little about, in fact all I know is how to connect to the database, that’s about it. It seems the clever developers over at wordpress.org are cleaning up the database structure which will cause problems with some wordpress plugins, this could be a problem for those people who upgrade without checking if their plugins are compatible with the upgrade, however, now is the time, it seems, for the plugin creators to get busy, upgrading their plugins.

“WordPress 2.1 is almost here and you know what that means for developers. It’s time to pull out those old plugins you’ve had stashed, blow off the dust and start applying some spit and polish and make sure it will last longer than Grandma’s Ham and Bean soup that has been sitting in the refrigerator for weeks.”

I was hoping myself, for some cosmetic changes to the admin side of wordpress, I always felt that the structure and design of the wordpress was very impressive and easy to use, but the user interface of the system is a little… bland. I don’t think this version will bring any such changes however; I don’t see any mention of such. However, it is a very small complaint for such a wonderful piece of FREE publishing software.

So much work obviously goes into this software, so here is to those clever developers!