WordPress Plugin Compatibility Beta – With WordPress Things Only Get Better!

Oct 29, 2009 by Abbas

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One of the main reasons I do not upgrade to the latest version of the WordPress is because of the fear that few of my plugins might not work.

For this I have a dummy TNerd setup where I install the latest version and mirror TNerd on it to see if all the plugins work, if Yes, only then TNerd is updated.

It’s a lengthy process because of which I don’t upgrade very often, but that’s about to change.

Next time you visit the Plugins directory over at WordPress.org you’ll notice a “Compatibility Beta” on the right sidebar which lets you select the version of the Plugin and WordPress version and then vote if that version of plugin is compatible with the selected version of WordPress or not. Voting options are “Broken” if the plugin does not work or breaks the core functionality of WordPress and “Works” if the plugins works fine!

That’s for voters but if you are not a voter and just want to check if the plugin will work with the version of WordPress you are about to upgrade to, just select the version and the “Consensus” bar below will show you the percentage of success and faliures.

WordPress Compatibility

It a logical feature to have and is just the right thing to do. Folks at WordPress plan to add this functionality to WordPress admin area so that accessing this information becomes much more easier for webmasters.

So, all the webmasters using WordPress click here to visit WordPress Plugin Directory and start voting on the plugins.