I know that I am a bit behind the times, but I just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 with Fantastico. It seems like Fantastico always lags behind with the WordPress upgrades. I just noticed the upgrade to 2.5 option today, and after installation I see that WordPress 2.5.1 is already out but not available yet on Fantastico. Regardless, I find Fantastico to be one of my useful blog resources.

Overall the upgrade went smoothly. Whenever I upgrade WordPress, I always revert my theme back to the default Kubrick and deactivate all plugins prior to upgrade. Once the upgrade is complete, I choose my original theme and reactivate all plugins.

So far, I heart WordPress 2.5 for one feature only. Oh, I know there are lots of improvements but the ability to automatically upgrade plugins to the latest version is huge! What a timesaver! This one feature is amazing.

Anyhow, I had a bunch of sites to upgrade and it really didn’t take that long. If you haven’t upgraded yet and you use Fantastico - you may want to check it out. The upgrade was available to me through BlueHost. If you are looking for cheap web hosting for only $6.95/mo you should check them out.