Five Reasons to upgrade to WordPress 3.3 now
WordPress has just released a new version (December 12 2011), 3.3. It has been named “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt. Before you upgrade you may be interested in some of the new features. While it is always a good idea to be running the most recent version of WordPress, there are five great reasons to upgrade to this version as soon as you can.
All of these reasons can be seen in the administration screens and will make you job of updating much faster and easier.
Uploading files is easier.
There is no longer a different icon for each type of file you want to upload. There is only one. The system detects the type of file that is being uploaded and creates the correct code to insert it into the post.
You can now drag files from your desktop into the media uploader. You can add files one at a time or many at once. This speeds things up for most of us who already drag and drop in most applications.
Menus have been updated.
When you allow your mouse to hover over the menu on the left side a flyout menu appears. This improves speed of navigation quite a bit. There is no need to click and wait and then click and wait.
The header and menu bar have been combined and streamlined. What this means is the system is faster and more efficient. When you hover over an item in the header you will see other available options.
The way WordPress deals with permalinks has been improved.
Up until this release it has been necessary to use a numeric value as the first value in your permalinks. WordPress has improved the way they deal with permalinks so that you can use postname. This makes your post names search engine and SEO friendly. In the past this caused a performance issue with larger sites.
WordPress 3.3 makes working in the admin screens faster and easier than before. It has also been tested with many of the most most popular plugins and themes. Today is a great day to upgrade. Remember to make a backup before you upgrade.
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