WordPress 2.5 RC1 Released

Today the long anticipated WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 1 was released. This version touts a customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, faster load times and more! I will definitely be upgrading soon, I just need to see what plugins I can live without until they are updated.

There was some buzz around the WordPress camp that people weren’t all that keen on the new admin panel design, however it looks as if the fine folks over at WordPress added the ability to choose your own color scheme and to top it all off you can style the whole thing with a simple styesheet! Now wasn’t that nice of them. ;-)
If you have the time and aren’t afraid of the occasional bug or possible data loss (eek) you can download WordPress 2.5RC1 here and while your at it I recommend looking at this wonderful upgrade checklist and guide posted by Lorelle VanFossen.

What do you think of the new version so far?

March 18, 2008 | Filed Under WordPress | Leave a Comment