I recently upgraded a client’s WordPress blog to version 2.2. She had a slew of plugins which were corrupt and had to be re-installed and re-activated. It was then I discovered that quite a few were not compatible with the latest version of WordPress. So then I consulted the list of compatible plugins at WordPress Codex and sure enough, the list is small compared to the plugin page at the WordPress Plugin Database.

I have yet to upgrade my WordPress blog as I have been busy and now in a way I’m glad I’ve stalled. Several plugins that I use will not work including the “Font-Resizer” I have implemented on my sidebar. I haven’t checked all of them as I too have many plugins installed, and I don’t see some of them on the Codex list. Maybe the plugin authors are too busy to go and submit their updated plugin to the Codex. That seems quite odd, since it would be great exposure for the programmer, I would think.

I would also hope that the folks running the Plugins Database would update listings to include an indication that plugins are compatible with version 2.2 . That would save hours and hours of research for those of us who need and use various plugins to extend the functionality of their WordPress blog. Then we would not hesitate to upgrade to the latest and greatest stable release of a fantastic blogging tool. At least I wouldn’t.

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