Upgrading to Wordpress 2.3 and migrating Keyword Tags over to the new built-in Wordpress sytem only took around 30 minutes, 20 of which were writing an import module to convert my existing tags to the new system.

For other users of Keyword Tags I’ve provided the import module on the Keyword Tags page. Sadly Keyword Tags is now consigned to history

The combination of Wordpress 2.3 and Windows Live Writer is slicker than ever, infact I’d have upgraded long ago if I’d known how well they work together now.

I’ve just uploaded a new version of the Keyword Tags for Wordpress plugin that has a few minor changes.

• Removed Windows Live Writer Beta 1 workaround for posts that used the <!–more–> tag.
• Added a workaround for a bug in Windows Live Writer Beta 2 that prevents posts with multiple <pre>, <script> or <style> tags being viewed or edited.
• Cleaned up the options page a bit.
• Improved the ability to edit Wordpress pages in Windows Live Writer
• Fixed incorrect version number (thanks Walter).
• Fixed tags not being displayed in RSS summaries (thanks ‘Snakefoot‘)

The last change is that from version 0.85 Keyword Tags requires Wordpress version 2.1 or higher.

The new files are available on the Keyword Tags page.

I’ve uploaded a new version of Keyword Tags that fixes a problem when run under Wordpress 2.1.x. Due to a change in how 2.1 works, tags could vanish from posts that were being commented on.

Thanks to Simon Dann for pointing out the problem. Like a lot of people I’ve been sticking with the stable 2.0.x version of Wordpress so hadn’t seen the problem

On the subject of Keyword Tags, a version 1.0 final release is still coming. There are a few requested features (tag clouds, local tag links) but the biggest change will be improved documentation for users, and guides for people incorporating Keyword Tags into their own themes.

Download Keyword Tags 0.81