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Try out WordPress 2.5 before it’s released

February 13, 2008 | Filed under: Around the Web

The next major release of WordPress is scheduled to come out next month, but you don’t have to wait that long to see it in action. Chris Johnston has put up a demo of the most current development version for people to play around with. Being that there is more than a month left, this is obviously a beta version and there will be changes and improvements made, but it looks like things are really starting to come together.

The most interesting aspect of the new version is the complete admin interface and design refresh. WP 2.5 is going to be a very different looking WordPress. I’m not completely won over by the color scheme (orange!?!), but I’m excited about the change and I think they can pull if off with (much) more polishing.

Besides the admin redesign, there seems to be improvements such as tag management, more intuitive media uploading/management and a reworked dashboard.

Go on over to the demo and try things out yourself. Chris says he will try to keep it up to date when new development versions are released, so it will interesting to watch as new features are added or polished as we get closer to the release date.

TAGS: 2.5, demo, design, redesign, WordPress

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Agel Enterprise Says:

I am a WP fan. I would like to give the new version a try on my own blog.
On April 9th, 2008 at 4:34 pm

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July 2, 2008 -

It's that time again. WordPress 2.6 is expected to be released in a week or two. This isn't as big a release as 2.5, but there are definitely some handy new features and improvements. 2.6 Beta 2 was released yesterday if you can't wait to try it out. If you just want to see what's coming in 2.6 then check out Technosailer's 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.6 as well as Weblog Tools Collection's What You Need to Know About WordPress 2.6.

April 2, 2008 -

If you are having any problems with your 2.5 installation or are just generally confused about where certain things are now, this post at Weblog Tools Collection has a very comprehensive list of helpful answers and fixes to problems.

Update: More FAQs.