Wordpress 2.5 Released. Upgrade Time!
WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.
For a short overview of the features with screenshots, it’d be best to visit our sneak peek announcement for RC1. Or check out a 4-minute screencast of the new interface in action. If you just want to jump straight to the good stuff here’s where you can find 2.5 upgrade and download information.
This is a pretty major release. I’m still fiddling with it, but this page is definitely hosted on a working Wordpress 2.5 install. According to the Dreamhost blog, WP 2.5 is already available via 1-click install.
Fun new features include Dashboard Widgets, Multi-file simultaneous upload, EXIF extraction for JPEGs, page inclusion in the search engine, advanced tag management, a password strength meter, concurrent editing protection, one-click upgrades for plugins, enhancements in the visual post editor, and built-in gallery support.
So, fire up your XAMPP servers and take it out for a spin. If you’re a little bit of a risk taker, deploy it live too.
