Have you ever upgraded WordPress only to find that your favourite plugin doesn’t work any more? Well, this may be a thing in the past thanks to the Plugin Compatibility enhancements that have just been announced. It’s a new feature in the Plugin Directory driven by user’s votes to try and identify any compatibility problems between particularly versions of WordPress and plugins. Here’s what it looks like:

It’s no box cutter for a perfect solution, but it will help warn people if there’s a problem with a particular plugin. Will be interesting to see where it’s heading.