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WordPress 3.2 is scheduled for release by the end of June. That is of course, assuming that we get a lot of people testing and fixing any problems that arise within the newly released beta version. I do not recommend that you use the beta version in one of your production sites, but if you’re a plugin or theme developer, or just anxious to see some of the new features, then feel free to try it out in a sandbox environment.
It’s always a good idea to make sure that you’re running the latest stable version of WordPress for your site. New releases typically patch security holes, and add all sorts of new features. That being said, when this next version of WordPress comes out, there will be all new system requirements for running it. No longer will you be able to use PHP 4 or MySQL 4. You’ll need to have at least PHP 5.2.4 and MySQL 5.0. Also, support for Internet Explorer 6 has been dropped, so you’ll want to make sure that you’re using a more capable, and modern browser. That in itself is a significant change. It means that a lot of the code and styles will be cleaned up in future releases. I see this as being a very positive change, and can’t wait till the stable release of WordPress 5.2.
If you haven’t already checked, then I highly suggest making sure that your web server will support all the new requirements.
