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Wordpress 2.6 is out - and it’s a Killer!

July 17, 2008 | Wordpress

wordpress: Wordpress 2.6 is out - and its a Killer! The last time I got so excited about a Wordpress release is when Wordpress 2.5 was released and it was worth it. Although Wordpress 2.6 was not supposed to come out for like another month, do not underestimate it’s potential. As always, the new version of Wordpress has some minor bug fixes but nevertheless, a lot of killer new features.

Here’s a recap of the coolest features I’m digging right now.

Multiple Post Revisions

If you’re blogging online through the Wordpress editorial interface, good news to you! Remember that time you though that., the article you’ve been writing actually looked better 5 minutes ago before you going ahead and making those revisions? Well, now wordpress automatically saves multiple revisions of the article being edited from time to time. So, if you should go back in time to a revised version before, or if you want to compare the revised versions to find in which one you’d strike gold, post revisions are for you!

Image Captions

Here’s something that I’ve been longing to see. When you insert an image through Wordpress gallery, now you have a chance to define a caption for the image. And that would align itself under the image so that the picture description would not be limited to a mouse-hovered-for-tool-tip.

Live Theme Preview

If you’d like to change your themes regularly or at least, test them out from time to time, I know how annoying it could be to activate one by one and refresh your blog’s home page to see how it looks. Well, not anymore - Live theme preview makes it possible to check how your theme would look on you blog with a click of the mouse and NOT activate it for the whole world to see during the process.

In addition to those,

  • Gears support is embedded so you can work on your local computer faster when you’re messing around with the wordpress blog. The heavy files will be cached so loading your wordpress blog will be super fast.
  • Plugin page is broken into two sections. One for the activated plugins and the other one is for the non-activated plugins.
  • Multiple selection of the posts are now supported using Shift+Click. This is a lifesaver and I seriously don’t know what took them so long to have this out.

So, I guess that sums it up. There are more smaller features, and if you want to get more on them, and get into the new shoes, check this out.

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  1. no imageDavid Hobson (Who am I?) posted the following on July 18, 2008 at 10:46 am.

    I am really liking 2.6 it has some excellent features. Just wish they would`nt update so bloody often.

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    1. no imageNadeesha Cabral (Who am I?) posted the following on July 18, 2008 at 8:51 pm.

      Yeap sometimes it is a pain to update it so often… I guess it’s more because of the security fixes rather than new features…

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  2. no imageMichael Aulia (Who am I?) posted the following on July 18, 2008 at 3:58 pm.

    Yeah, WordPress 2.6 rocks. I’ve been trialing it since Beta 1 til it’s final, so there’s not much surprise left when the final came out :(
    @David: Are you kidding? The more the better lol.. maybe you should install the Automatic Upgrade WordPress plug-in instead of doing it manually

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    1. no imageNadeesha Cabral (Who am I?) posted the following on July 18, 2008 at 8:53 pm.

      Oh yeah.. Although yu might have problems with some hosts - that is the best pain killer available :D

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  3. no imageGreener Pastures (Who am I?) posted the following on July 19, 2008 at 12:25 am.

    Thanks for the great summary. I’m still nervous about upgrading, though. I’m concerned that the install will mess up, and my site will be down too long. I’ve read som horror stories about that. I have 2.3.3 right now, and it’s working pretty well. I’d really love that caption feature, though !

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  4. no imageMohit Aneja (Who am I?) posted the following on July 20, 2008 at 4:20 am.

    Good Summary!

    I upgraded to WP 2.6 and i am loving it. :)

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  5. no imageStuart (Who am I?) posted the following on July 20, 2008 at 2:47 pm.

    Heya, a great post, I agree that there are some great new features in there. The one which was the biggest winner for me was having the plugins separated, it just makes so much more sense.

    I am really hoping that Wordpress continues the way it has been in the next couple of releases as it seems that they have been really moving forward in leaps and bounds.
    Stuart

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  6. no imageFurniture (Who am I?) posted the following on July 21, 2008 at 9:54 am.

    Great features, i am going to upgrade it..
    which is the best way to upgrade :roll:

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    1. no imageNadeesha Cabral (Who am I?) posted the following on August 4, 2008 at 6:42 pm.

      Just plain simple FTP for me.. :P

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  7. no imageJohn H. Farr (Who am I?) posted the following on August 4, 2008 at 5:44 pm.

    BEWARE: Upgraded to WP 2.6 using WPAU (Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin). Blog has modified Binary Blue theme. Now all ajax live commenting is broken.

    Have no idea how to fix. Inline comments do not work.

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    1. no imageNadeesha Cabral (Who am I?) posted the following on August 4, 2008 at 6:43 pm.

      Hmm.. Strange.. I’m also running Ajax Inline comments but haven’t seen any issues.. :|

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