Posts Tagged ‘plugin’
WordPress 2.5 has been released!
March 29, 2008 by Emily
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WordPress 2.5 is finally out today. From the Dev Blog:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.
Read the rest at WordPress.org’s newly redesigned website!
Go download the new release and upgrade your site today.
Want to know more? Need some help? Here are some links from around the internet with really helpful articles about what to expect from the newest version of WP as well as how to get ready to upgrade your blog:
- 10 Things You Need to Know about WP 2.5
- WordPress Upgrade Preparation Checklist
- WP 2.5 Plugin Compatibility List
- Our Guide to Upgrading WordPress
- The WP Codex’s Guide to Upgrading WordPress
1 commentWordPress 2.5 RC1 available
March 18, 2008 by Emily
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Matt has just made an announcement on the Dev blog that the WP 2.5 Release Candidate 1 is available for download and testing. He also goes into some specifics about the new version and what we have to look forward to when 2.5 is finally released:
“A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting to you? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you. It’s been in the oven for a while, and we’re finally ready to open the doors a bit to give you a taste.”
“For the past few months, we’ve been working with our friends at Happy Cog — Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, and Liz Danzico — to redesign WordPress from the ground-up. The result is a new way of interacting with WordPress that will remain familiar to seasoned users while improving the experience for everyone. This isn’t just a fresh coat of paint — we’ve re-thought the look of WordPress, as well as how it’s organized so that you can forget about the software and focus on your own creative pursuits.”
He says that the new version is “basically done and stable, and could be released today” but that he’d rather wait and get some more feedback before the final version is released to the public (date TBD). I’ve read lots of people grumbling about the missed deadline (it was supposed to be released on March 13th), but personally, I would much rather wait a while longer and have a more stable release. I’m as impatient as the next person, but I don’t think rushing to meet a fairly arbitrary deadline helps anyone, so I’m glad the WP people are taking their time and releasing this when it’s actually ready.
In the meantime, though, if you are comfortable with upgrading WP or you just want to test the new version out and send in some feedback download the beta version here.
Share This updates
February 12, 2008 by Emily
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The extremely useful Share This social bookmarking plugin by Alex King (that we use on this very blog) is now available for TypePad and Blogger users! In addition to that, registered users now have access to snazzy new usage reports for the plugin.
