WordPress 2.9 (Carmen) has been officially released and has quite a few new features.? Some are visible and right on the page while many others are under the hood.? One of the features that I really like is the ability to bulk update my plug-ins.? In previous versions of WordPress you had to update each plug-in individually by clicking on the automatic upgrade link in the WordPress plug-in, entering your FTP credentials and then waiting for the update to happen. If you had a lot of plug-ins this process could take a while to do. To utilize the new bulk update process go to the Tools> Upgrade menu in the admin panel:? ? There you will find a screen that looks something like this”: Select the check boxes for all the plug-ins you want to update and then press the Upgrade Plug-in button at the bottom and you will then be taken to a dialog box your familiar with to provide your FTP credentials