I just upgraded this site to the 2.0 release of WordPress, which was announced earlier today (though it’s been available for about ten days, without fanfare).

Since WP is a PHP-based system that outputs HTML pages using a template system, readers won’t see any differences (unless something breaks). But some nice changes have been made to the admin interface. My favorites:

• You can create a new category while writing a post (Ajaxed)
• “Import” functions have been integrated more (though it seems like something you’d only use once, so why should it be in the menu permanently?)
• More granular user permissions, which I haven’t used yet
• A WYSIWYG text editor for posting (which I promptly disabled)

Let me know if you see any problems around the site. The comment error, unfortunately, remains a thorn in my side. Still working on it - but your comments will still be saved in the meantime, so comment away.

Update: WP2.0 breaks UltimateTagWarrior 2.8.2, which I was using on this site. Fortunately, Christine Davis is awesome and has already updated the plugin - get version 2.8.9 here.

Update 2: Spam Karma 2 doesn’t work properly - new comments aren’t counted in the “Comments (x)” line below each post. I’m switching to Akismet, which I’ve been wanting to test anyway.