23.05.2009
WordPress developers at WordPress.org announced the release of the WordPress 2.8 beta version for the open public. They also stated the main features and updates such as:
- New Theme Installer routines
- Improved Widget user interface
- Allow editing of all plugin files
- “Choose a city in the same timezone as you” for Timezone in Administration > Settings > General
- Remove My Hacks option from Administration > Settings > Miscellaneous
- Hide email addresses from low privilege users on Administration > Comments
- Allow case-insensitive logins
- Add password strength meter to Add User and Edit User
- Drop post_category column from wp_posts table, and link_category column from wp_links schemas
- Add hooks for the Users, Categories, Link Categories, Tags and Comments table columns
- Put page title before blog name in admin title
- Fixes to query_posts (obey post_type, drop orderby=category, use group by for meta key queries, remove meta_value from selected fields)
- Add hook for adding info to plugin update message
- Add a function to output a generic widget anywhere in a template
- New Widgets API
- Allow menu reordering via plugin
I read the whole list and pointed the things that I think are most important here.
WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Download Link
You can get the beta version and test it at WordPress.org.
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