Revolves

Practically everyone knows about Fantastico. Even if you’ve never gone through half of your cPanel options, Fantastico might be the most known option to many.

Fantastico is very helpful in getting WordPress or any other software on your server installed within a few clicks. Everything is handled by it. Apart from some security optimizations, you will not need to touch your core WordPress install files anytime later.

But there was something very annoying about WordPress (<2.7) and Fantastico. In some mid minor releases of WordPress 2.6.x, the automatic plugin update feature of WordPress was being perfected, if I remember correctly. In the initial versions, I had to provide FTP information, and when I did, but it didn't work for me. Then started the era when WordPress would notify you about any plugin updates, and install it within a single click.

That was great. But WordPress did not support this for updating/upgrading itself, until 2.7. I realized this new feature only when 2.7.1 was released and I was greeted with a message allowing me to upgrade to 2.7.1 instantly. Whoa! That rocks!

At last, I can stay updated without the hassle of uploading the files manually, and stuffs like that.

So, whats wrong with Fantastico?

Well, its not Fantastico that has the problem. But relying on it for WordPress updates was pretty annoying. Hosts, especially mine, took about a week to make the updates available at Fantastico. It’s bad for security releases of WordPress.

I’m very happy with the new features WP 2.7.x boasts, and that’s the reason I wrote this quite stupid blog post. If you’re hearing, “Thanks!” to all contributors of WordPress, who strive to keep it simple yet powerful.