The Next Step

The newest version of WordPress has made updating ridiculously easy. When you sign in and there are updates available, you see a link that says “Click here to update.” This makes it incredibly attractive for projects where you’re working with people who have little to no technical skills.

I appreciate this more now since I just had my first experience with updating Drupal. While I was fairly impressed with the simplicity of the initial installation for Drupal, updating was clearly neglected (although at least someone seems to have their eye on this). Updating, especially between minor security revisions, really should be easier. In most situations that I’ve worked in, a CMS is supposed to let users manage the web site without giving them the ability to damage the web site to much. Making updating difficult is one of the most dangerous things you can do since people just won’t do it if they don’t know how.