Today Was Supposed To Be The Release of WordPress 2.4
January 24, 2008
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But, it’s not. As had been reported rather widely, Automattic decided to skip right over the 2.4 release and instead concentrate on version 2.5 to be released in March. This is the version that will incorporate the new Administration panels (finally) unless, of course, you use plug-ins to change your admin experience.
According to the Blog Herald, though, version 2.5 will include such things as:
- a new interface for widget management. This is another of those “FINALLY” changes that really needed to be made, because, as simple as widgets are to install and configure, the process for managing them really needed an overhaul.
- a new image uploader. This is the one that I’m really looking forward to, as I’m hoping that it’ll have support for secure FTP transfers. The host for BloggingNotes, and a couple of my other blogs requires an SFTP connection, and I haven’t found any blogging software, including the WP interface itself that allows this.
- the ability to reactivate all plug-ins that have been deactivated by the Deactivate All button in the plug-in manager. Not something I really worry about, but I’m sure that some will find it handy.
Those are about the extent of the major changes that I was able to come across for WordPress 2.5. What changes would you like to see them make?
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January 26th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I can’t wait to see the new update. I’ve only moved to Wordpress a few months back and it’s really one of the best things I’ve done in terms of improving my blog.
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January 28th, 2008 at 7:54 am
Sly - yeah, I think it’s going to be very interesting to see what they can come up with. And I can’t disagree with WordPress being a bad decision for a blog. I’ve tried a number of different platforms and I always come back to it.
January 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
whenever the next one comes out - I just hope that I don’t have to mess with all the theme files again.
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January 30th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Matt - I couldn’t agree more. Having to make major changes just because the platform gets an upgrade is a serious pain. Thanks for your comment, it’s very much appreciated.