see: http://codex.wordpress.org/Writing_a_Plugin#Updating_your_Plugin update docs\Changes.txt update date in docs\Changes.txt update Upgrade Notice in docs\Changes.txt update version number in docs\Postie.txt update version number in postie.php comment run deploy.cmd commit branch trunk to new version add release post on http://postieplugin.com/ add release post on http://wordpress.org/support/plugin/postie