For those of you who do not yet know, the latest version of WordPress will eliminate the “Links” altogether in favour of adding the Links to their own separate Category. That means that, instead of having a separate list of “Links” with it’s typically unfathomable and irritatingly option-free set of controls, you will maintain your list through the use of another Category and presumably subCategories as well.

Now, I know what some of you less experienced folks are thinking: holy crap, they’re going to strand me and delete my links that I’ve taken six years to develop!!! Fear not, gentle reader. I’m sure that they intend to make the transition easier by migrating them over for you, but if not, I’m sure someone else will develop just such a tool for you lickety-split.

Personally, I detest the Links structure and would much rather the greater freedom allowed Categories present from a development perspective. I’m also more than a little curious just how the Links fit into the Categories. I’ll probably install WP2.1 on a Dev server and see what it looks like before installing on my Production server. Plus, I’m going to need to know how to alter my Collapsing Categories Widget to accomodate the new schema.

Hmmm. . . . Maybe I’ll even. . . . Well, better not spoil the surprise.

UPDATE: Well, I’ve done it now: I’ve joined the WordPress Tester’s mailing list, so now I’ll have a way to download the new version and see how it works. Sweetness!