Wordpress 2.7 is out
December 11th, 2008 | by rey |Wordpress 2.7 is finally out as of December 10 in the U.S. and I must say I am impressed. It’s a huge leap from 2.6.5 if only in the visual appeal of the totally revamped interface. Check out a screenshot of the the new dashboard below:
And of the new post page:
I’ve just upgraded with the help of the ever handy Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin I wrote about last April 2008.
Wordpress 2.7 has a lot of new features. These are 7 of the most interesting in my opinion:
The new Admin Dashboard
Space is optimized with improved heuristics to make it easier to publish and maintain your blogs.
QuickPress (Dashboard)
This feature allows users to publish a simple post directly from the Dashboard wihtout having to use the full Post system. If you’re the type who posts smaller articles or use external HTML editors to write and then paste posts into WordPress this is a “quick” way of getting this onto your blog.
Reply to Comments from Admin
From within the WordPress admin panel you can post replies to users which saves a lot of time and minimizes load on your server.
Plugin Installer
Plug-ins can now be installed directly through the admin panel. No more needing to FTP files to your server. I wonder how this will affect my Plugin Central plugin, which I’ve relied on to automatically install and upgrade plugins…
Add Media Outside Posts
Media in WordPress has traditionally been associated with a post but with 2.7 you can add media outside the blogging system which is great for people who like to store files online.
Comment Threading
This used to be possible with the help of plug-ins. Comment threading is now automatic in the new 2.7. You can specify how many levels deep the threads can go.
Automatic Upgrade
So far I have had no issues after the upgrade. But hey it’s only been a few minutes since I’ve upgraded. But a lot of people have been testing this version before it was released, so I’m sure a majority of the bugs have been ironed out. If you’re a Wordpress user the new look, new features, generally better performance, and I’m assuming security should be enough of a reason to go for the upgrade.
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