WordPress, the software that powers the vast majority of blogs in the world, has released version 2.8 of its software.

While we don’t normally cover WordPress updates here, this one was a bit different for us as it was the first time we could use the automatic upgrade that they built in to version 2.7.  I have personally been using the software since around version 1.5 or so, and I have always dreaded upgrade time because it was tedious and nerve racking to do it by hand.  It was never a good time and one I would put off as long as possible.

Well, it was do or die time with the new version, so I clicked on the banner at the top of my blog admin section that took me to the update section, told it to go ahead and start, and… that’s it?  It was over so fast that I was shocked.  It was painless, fast and over before I could even blink.  This of course doesn’t mean it would always be painless, but boy was this ever a lot more pleasant.