WordPress 2.9 is ready to be released and the list of new features are exciting. WordPress 2.9 is expected to be released within the next week. It’s suggested the tech savy users test out the release candidate version before the WordPress 2.9 is publicly released.
Some of the features that the new version includes -
- Trash status for posts, pages, comments and attachments (includes restore and permanent delete)
- Add support for ‘include‘ and ‘exclude‘ to (Gallery Shortcode)
- Scroll back to the same location after saving a file in the Plugin and Theme editors
- Set “Allow my blog to appear in search engines” to checked in installation
- Remove Sphere from search list
- Minify admin CSS
- Display comments in descending date order, consistently
- Display better information about broken themes when there is no stylesheet
- Show “Draft updated” instead of “Post updated” when saving draft
One highly rated feature is the plugin compatibility feature. You, the user, can simply vote yes or no to the compatibility of the plugin and it will get registered with the compatibility checker. You can also update multiple plugins at the same time. Sounds like that can save you time? Of course it does.
I am currently testing it on a couple of my personal test sites. As usual, the new features will be applauded by many. WordPress can be downloaded here