Yes, that’s right; Wordpress 2.7 “Coltrane” has finally been released. I seem to have really great timing when it comes to hearing about important software version releases — usually I have them posted to JungleJar.com within the same 15 minutes that the official notice was given. Today is no exception. As I was working on a Wordpress template for a client, I noticed that the Wordpress installation needed to be upgraded. So, without haste, I whipped out my wordpress-automatic-upgrade plug-in which I absolutely love, and it didn’t upgrade me to Wordpress 2.6. Instead, I had just upgraded to the final Wordpress 2.7 release. This was quite easy to recognize as my dashboard looked a million times better in the blink of an eye.
From the blog.. “The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version. (Download it now, or read on for more.)
Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can arrange with drag and drop to put the things most important to you on top, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.
Digging in further you might notice that every screen is customizable. Let’s say you never care about author on your post listings — just click “Screen Options†and uncheck it and it’s instantly gone from the page. The same for any module on the dashboard or write screen. If your screen is narrow and the menu is taking up too much horizontal room, click the arrow to minimize it to be icon-only, and then go to the write page and drag and drop everything from the right column into the main one, so your posting area is full-screen. (For example I like hiding everything except categories, tags, and publish. I put categories and tags on the right, and publish under the post box.)”
Continue reading this article at the official Wordpress Development Blog.
New Dashboard is great. I liked the “customizable†features. WordPress leading the way in blogs.