Today a mixture of boredom and curiousity compelled me to take the plunge with WordPress 2.7 beta.  Humorously, I did two upgrades today. By the time I had installed WordPress 2.7 beta 2, beta 3 was released.

The upgrade process was extremely smooth and I experienced no major problems.  It’s a follow the instructions type of upgrade.  This is even easier in WordPress 2.7 as upgrade functionality is now built in. (Go to Tools -> Update)

As WordPress 2.7 has backwards compatibility with themes built for previous versions, I had no issues on that front either. The hardest part was implementing new features, like comment threading.  I found this guide to be very helpful.

This is not the easiest process. Most likely you’re going to be upgrading a theme you didn’t write (as I was) so go through these instructions carefully. I somehow managed to finish them with no major set backs but some of it was just guess work.  I finished by changing some styling on the comment threading, implementing an arrow icon () and playing with the size of the textarea for comments. (I had to change it to a relative width due to the inline replies)

The process was simple enough that I would recommend advanced users give it a go.  Let me know what issues you run into.