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WordPress 2.6 Released

July 19, 2008 Author: Chris T Posted in: Wordpress
 

The new version of the wordpress is out, for those using the wp 2.5 the upgrade is painless, no major changes in skins and the plugin system. Here is a list of the new features

  • Post Revisions: Wiki-like tracking of edits.
  • Shift Gears: Turbo-speed your blogging.
  • Press This!: Post from wherever you are on the web
  • Theme Previews: See it before your audience does
  • Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
  • Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
  • Bulk management of plugins.
  • A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
  • Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
  • Plugin update notification bubble.
  • Customizable default avatars.
  • You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
  • Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
  • Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
  • You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
  • Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for “clean” SVN checkouts.
  • Select a range of checkboxes with “shift-click.”
  • You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
  • A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
  • Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.
  • Version 2.6 fixes approximately 194 bugs.

Here is a brief video tour of 2.6, it doesn’t show everything but it’s a good start to see what’s new

 
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