The biggest headache users face before upgrading to a newer version of WordPress, is whether or not all their plugins will work with the new WordPress version.
I have seen lot of people delaying upgrading to a newer version because of this reason, the WordPress Codex does maintain a list of plugins that are compatible with different versions of WordPress, however if you are looking for a more extensive check, the WordPress Plugin Compatibility Checker will definitely come in handy.
The plugin compatibility checker currently indexes more than 7500 plugins, out of which 5040 plugins are fully compatible with WordPress 2.8.
There are several criteria’s used while determining if a plugin is compatible or not, some of which include minimum and maximum WordPress versions, whether the plugin is using hardcoded values of wp-content, whether the plugin is compatible with PHP4, whether it is directly connecting to the database without making use […]
Original post by Keith Dsouza
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