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WordPress 2.9 will be here soon!
We are just as excited as you are about the upcoming updates to one of the most popular blog platforms. With WordPress 2.9 you will find new feature such as “trash” for comments, posts, and so on. This means that it’s possible to recover elements that have been deleted until the admin permanently deletes them.
WordPress 2.9 also sports image editing, a new release of TinyMCE, and improvements in media embedding. Comments for pages have been added to the default “Kubrick” theme, so blogs can now have comments on pages as well as posts. When setting up new blogs, the default first post will be more informative about how to use WordPress as opposed to the old-style “Hello World” post which gave you no information on how to use WordPress. This feature is great for those that are very new to the platform or are just getting started with blogs in general.
WordPress 2.9 also includes a slew of changes for WordPress developers, with 84 changes listed on the Codex. Changes range from improved documentation for the WP File System to support for new post types and limiting checks for “blog by email” to every five minutes. Plugin users can now report on the Plugin Directory whether plugins are compatible with a version. This data will be used with the WordPress compatibility checker so users can get a sense whether a plugin is compatible with their release of WordPress or not.
Assuming no major bugs are found, WordPress 2.9 should be released “before the end of the week.” The release candidate download is now available for those that are interested in giving it a test drive. However, we will be patiently awaiting the full release which is only days away from being launched!
Updating to WordPress 2.9 will be a piece of cake since the automation tools within WordPress does most of the work for you. So, whether you are new or experienced in the world of WordPress, you will be excited to know that the features and usability of WordPress 2.9 has made the blogging experience an even better one! Feel free to let us know what you think of version 2.9 as we near it’s release soon.
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