WordPress 3.1 was released this past week, and it introduces some new features that make WordPress an even more powerful Content Management System (CMS) than before. From a development point of view, I’m really excited about the new options that will allow us to build even more functionality into client sites. And from a user’s perspective, WordPress 3.1 is more streamlined and easy to use, with some handy additions like easy internal links and an admin bar that lets you access your dashboard quickly when you’re logged in and viewing your site.

As always, for security purposes, it’s highly recommended that you keep your WordPress installation up to date:

• If you’re on our VaultPress + Monthly Maintenance package, your WordPress installation has already been updated by us. No need to worry about a thing… carry on as you were
• If you’re on our VaultPress only package, you can update your WordPress installation yourself using the automatic update option in your dashboard. VaultPress is already keeping real-time backups of your site, so no need to perform a separate manual backup before updating.
• If you don’t have Vaultpress installed, please please do a manual backup of your WordPress files and database before updating WordPress via the automatic update option in the dashboard. While the auto-update usually works just fine, every so often (about 10% of the time) something will go wrong, usually as a result of a plugin incompatibility, and a backup is vital in these situations. Contact us if you need help with this process.