Jan,
Wow. I had no idea that would happen. Apologies if it caused “alarm bells” in the www.ads-software.com world.
I actually reviewed all of my WordPress plugins (about 40 of them), and about 25 were all listed as “4.0” compatible..so no worries with them.. and then I have about 5 real simple and “low risk” plugins that I wasn’t really worried about them. So that left about 10 I was concerned about since they seemed to have a potentially bigger impact.
I was hoping that the plugin authors may just not have updated the plugin site with the latest information, or that others had already tested and could say that they worked.
Last time I did a WordPress upgrade, I did have a several issues and had to actually disable some plug-ins and then rush around and try to find other alternatives to make my site work properly again, so I was hoping to avoid that by getting “confirmation” that the plug-ins were 4.0 compatible. Seems that some of the plug-ins are not ‘actively supported’ and may use features that are no longer valid in the newest releases.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the resources to set-up a test installation since I only have a single site and just do this as a very small, part-time activity. I’m not even sure how I could do a test of a “copy” of my site. If there is a “tutorial” on how to do that, however, I would be happy to look through it and see if it is something I can figure out (although my technical skills are fairly limited). I am (honestly) happy my site even works some days!
Apologies again for the “alarm bells” I set off.
Regards,
Dr. Michael Einstein
