I very well may have missed the news in the last few days, but I was surprised to see that Wordpress 2.8 was released by Wordpress.org. I knew the next version was on the way, I just didn’t know it was this soon.
So, why upgrade?
Having not yet moved through the upgrade process, wordpress 2.8 is said to:
- be faster due to scripting changes
- have theme installation process improvement
- include a widget interface redesign (good, as I felt the last version was subpar)
There are also a number (by number, I mean 180) new features included. Ones that really seem of interest to me are:
- Separate Comments into a separate postbox, from Discussion postbox, on the Edit Post screen
- Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns
- Allow editing of all plugin files (Woo hoo!)
- Autosave post/page when pressing Control/Command+S
- Give login screen proper iPhone viewport
I’m interested to do the upgrade as the potential increase in speed/usability could be very beneficial, especially if the scripting cut down on processing power. More notes to come…
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