WordPress 2.6 Officially Released

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WordPress 2.6 Officially Released

By Leland Fiegel. Posted on the 15th of July, 2008 | 3 Comments

It was announced today that WordPress 2.6 has been officially released. Here are a few features in the new version of WordPress:

Post revisions – Manage older post saves, very useful for multi-author or collaborative blogging
Google gears – Designed to speed up your WordPress admin panel
PressThis – Easily blog about something from wherever you are on the web
Theme previews – Preview a theme before it goes live
Bulk management of plugins, easily activate and deactivate in bulk

And much more. The below video will illustrate some of these new features included in WordPress 2.6.

I have not tested the themes here with WordPress 2.6 yet, but I don’t expect there will be any issues. If you notice a problem with the themes and 2.6, feel free to let me know.

Have you upgraded to 2.6 yet? How do you like it?

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3 thoughts on “WordPress 2.6 Officially Released”

Anto at July 15, 2008 at 7:02 am said:

Looks pretty sweet. Nothing i couldnt live without.

Is there any security **** ups in 2.5 that or not in 2.6 ?
Anthony at July 15, 2008 at 7:28 am said:

I already installed it, and I’m very pleased with this new release. The theme previewer is very usefull to check that your brand new theme will not break anything
Leland at July 15, 2008 at 1:05 pm said:

@Anto: I don’t believe there are any security updates with this release, although I’m not sure. That’s why I’m not in a big rush to upgrade. None of the features seem that “essential” to me.

@Anthony: There was actually a plugin called Theme Test Drive that did something similar. Also another one called Admin Theme Preview. Now I guess those plugins are obsolete with 2.6.

Thanks for the comments.