The workhorses at WordPress.org have uploaded Version 2.8 as a beta, available to all.There are more than 100 upgrades and fixes in this iteration, so you might want to jump on board when it's released. I am in the habit of waiting for a .1 version after a major update -- letting others deal with the release bugs -- but this time I'm going in on official release day. Easy to get a feel for the severity of problems in the release in the WP forums.
WordPress made updating a lot easier with 2.7, so this will be the first big test of that one-step process via the dashboard. Anyone who's been on WP for more than five months remembers the risks and pains of updating the old-fashioned way. There also is the Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plug-in that has never failed me.
For the brave, foolhardy or public-service-minded, switching to the 2.8 beta is now an option.
Here are some of the promising new features in WordPress 2.8:
- A new routine for theme installations. (Not that the old one was hard.)
- A "custom header" for menu text. (Whatever that means).
- A documentation lookup for the theme and plug-in editors. (How about a universal code string search?)
- An end to notifying the author of his own comments.
- Improved widget interface. (Thank God.)
- Allow editing of all plug-ins.
- An option to use plug-ins on individual pages.
- The ability to run several galleries on a single page.
- Improved database performance. (Always an adventure when the DB comes into play.
- More subject options for tag clouds (such as show categories instead).
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