Fixing the theme issue was easy. If you also use the famous K2 theme, just download the latest nightly release. Yep, I don’t really trust nightly builds (even if it’s a release candidate), but it worked surprisingly well. Give it a try! Then, while I tried to update the corresponding plugins, I found out that it’s possible to omit the following plugins just by modifying the configuration:

Revision Control: I don’t wanna use revisions of posts and pages, because I’m already happy with the nice auto-save feature. Recently, I applied the Revision Control plugin, but there’s an easier way to disable revisions. Just add the following line to your wp-config.php file (before the wp-settings.php include).

define('WP_POST_REVISIONS', false);

Admin SSL: I wanna secure the entire admin area of my blog, e.g. passwords must not be sent in plain text! A short time ago, I applied the Admin SSL plugin, but again there’s an easier way to enable SSL. Just add the following two lines to your wp-config.php file (before the wp-settings.php include).

define('FORCE_SSL_LOGIN', true);
define('FORCE_SSL_ADMIN', true);

I must admit that I was afraid to do the WordPress update (“Never stop a running system.”). But now it’s good to see how one can simply reduce WordPress’ plugin dependencies.