WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Is Here
David Peralty wrote this post on May 18th, 2009 in
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If you need to be on the “bleeding edge” of WordPress, today is a good day. WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 has arrived. I’d suggest holding off a while before using it for any live blogs/sites, but it has some shiny features, so checking it out is highly recommended.
Just a few of the new features and changes…
-Add CodePress syntax highlighting to Theme and Plugin editors
-Use “Custom Header” for menu text and revise Default theme to reflect change
-Don’t notify post author of own comments
-Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns as set via the Screen Options tab
-Autosave post/page when pressing Control/Command+S
-Add toggle all button to the Gallery tab in the uploader
-Support more than one gallery on the same page
-Check for new version when visiting Administration > Tools > Upgrade
-Add per page option to Screen Options for comments, posts, pages, media, categories, and tags
-Fix most popular link category list
-Hide email addresses from low privilege users on Administration > Comments
-Enforce unique email addresses in Add/Edit users
I usually wait for the Release Candidate version before playing with new updates much, but I think I’ll test this one out a bit. I’m hearing good things so far.
Anyone else using 2.8 Beta 1 already, and if so, what do you think? Worth dealing with “Beta 1″?
To me! Wordpress is the best blogging platform and see 2.8 its only getting better everyday
Thanks for sharing this. In fact this should be great thing for wordpress users. Although i am not a wordpress user, lots of new features with this version are really exciting.
I totally agree – I can’t believe I only discovered Wordpress in the last 12 months – don’t know how I managed before – well actually I used XSitePro to create websites – but it’s not a patch on Wordpress. Also if you set up Wordpress properly then Google will love your blog (or website)
Looking forward to checking Wordpress 2.8 out!
Regards – David