Just a little weekend gripe for those who care. 
So far, with the Caffeinated Content for WordPress plugin, the majority of bug reports have come from people using one of two things:
- Outdated versions of WordPress (right now, I have things compatible with WP2.1 and above, and have decided to draw the line there–I can’t be expected to support every single bit of outdated software, right?)
- WordPress installed by Fantastico.
For those of you who don’t know, Fantastico is a bit of software that usually goes hand in hand with cpanel and offers up fairly simple installations of a ton of different scripts. While the idea is a good one, the implementation leaves much to be desired.
Installs can be lame. Uninstalls can be incomplete. The biggest issue however? Installs tend to lag waaay behind the latest released version of the software. Since Fantastico needs to update their software and the host running Fantastico needs to update Fantastico it can become a very significant gap. This will lead to security problems for obvious reasons.
I recommend that anyone using shared hosting NOT use Fantastico installed scripts. It’s usually not a difficult process to install most of the big scripts (like WordPress) and it’s in your best interest to get your hands a little dirty under the hood.
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