It was with some relief that I read that the WordPress 2.4 planned release has been cancelled.

You may be aware of the WordPress team’s goal to bring out scheduled releases every 3 months. While it is great that WordPress is getting improved on an ongoing basis, some of the changes can be significant, and then there is turmoil in the WordPress user ranks. Some templates not longer work, and several plugins need revision. Sadly some plugin developers just abandon their plugins.

I compounded the update issue with releasing the Rapid Niche Websites System V-2 at the end of September - which almost coincided with the WordPress 2.3 release. The RNW and WP releases both had significant changes to their respective frameworks, and so the combination of the two resulted in an increased support load. Having just settled everything down, I viewed the end of January with some trepidation, as this was the due date for the WP2.4 release.

Well fortunately the WP programmers needed some time off for the festive season, and so WP 2.4 could not be finished in time. They have taken the sensible decision not to rush the version out the door without adequqte testing, but instead to roll the 2.4 changes into the 2.5 release scheduled for end March 2008.

The Rapid Niche Websites System is now at release 2.2.1 - with several enhancements over the original V-2 (Also addressed a few bug fixes … ). WordPress is at Vsn 2.3.2 - and hopefully will stay there until March.

So - we all have now have some time to concentrate solely on site building and generating traffic, without having to address upgrade and maintenance issues.