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Wordpress 2.5 soon to be released

Posted March 29th, 2008 by Jeremy Schoemaker

there is a teaser page on all the features of wordpress 2.5 today on the wordpress blog. I suspect 2.5 will be released tomorrow or on the 30 or 31st of this month.

I have been holding off on doing some big changes to this blog until after 2.5 was released. I am going to goto registered only comments at some time in the next month or so which probably sounds like a hassle but be assured there are major benefits coming with this too.

You should really read that blog post to see all the changes. 2.5 is a major milestone and there are a TON of new and improved things. Looking good.

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38 comments. What say you?

  1. Good Comment?
    Punters and Pints

    Been using 2.5 for a few days now, the media features are fantastic. As well as the ability to upgrade to future versions automaticlly.

  2. Good Comment?
    sasana

    when you will download wordpress…. i will folow you when you get it

  3. Good Comment?
    Forumistan

    Great update, I am gonna download it…

  4. Good Comment?
    Meethere

    It has been released.,

    I upgraded it and its working like a charm.
    I am loving its media feature too. You should upgrade it soon :)

  5. Good Comment?
    Funky South

    just upgraded looks good in the admin panal

  6. Good Comment?
    Terry Tay

    So far so good on the 2.5 front it seems with no one talking about any problems really. The image uploader is the the first one I’ve read about. We’ll see how it goes over the next week as more people upgrade.
    ~Terry

  7. Good Comment?
    SEO web hosting

    Combined wth the new Ebay system anyone anyone who combines Wordpress and Ebay auctions to pay the bills is going to have an interesting month.

  8. Good Comment?
    Anton Shevchuk

    Wow, the new version is very cool – I install it over version 2.3.3 (it’s easy – Upgrade Manual)…

    But new admin panel – not good – i found Fluence Admin (no ad – it’s really nice theme)

  9. Good Comment?
    Travis

    You may want to wait for the upgrade. There are a couple bugs. But I guess if you dont mind doing all the patchwork yourself, go for it.

    The biggest problem is with IE 7 and image uploads. The new uploader doesnt play nice with IE 7. I never noticed, because I use a mac, but all my clients running IE almost killed me when I upgraded them.

    I found a fix though. If you are having the same problem, here’s the fix: http://www.icastlimited.com/2008/03/31/wordpress-25-image-upload-problem/

  10. Good Comment?
    Syed Balkhi

    Yeah I really like the new wordpress especially the updating of all the plugins through the admin panel.

  11. Good Comment?
    Search Engine Optimization Journal

    So far – a YAY on the Wordpress front! :)

  12. Good Comment?
    Hustle Strategy

    as long as there aren’t many security fixes, sure wait

  13. Good Comment?
    CodeFreedom

    Agreed Anty – the bleeding edge is where some love to be. For me, I prefer to get the run in unit with a few miles on the clock.

  14. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Confession

    You are right. It’s also available in my hosting panel as an upgrade. Time to go get it.

  15. Good Comment?
    Affiliate Confession

    Wow, the new version of WordPress looks awesome. Can’t wait to get my hands on it!

  16. Good Comment?
    Marketing Multiple

    Yay thanks for the ‘news flash’ shoe. We have been waiting all month for this. Yay we can finally launch our site on the ‘cool new’ thing. WORDPRESS 2.5 :)

    so far this seems to be the best wordpress yet.

    Peace,

  17. Good Comment?
    Prosperity Writer

    WP 2.5 is now available for download!

  18. Good Comment?
    jtGraphic

    lol,

    Then you can sell our info to that guy you’re going up against in the TAC. Registered users seems like a good idea tho. Didn’t you say somewhere you’re going to Gravatars too?

  19. Good Comment?
    jtGraphic

    Go 2.5! Let us all know what you think when you’re done :-P

  20. Good Comment?
    Flimjo

    Such valid comments. What are you talking about?

  21. Good Comment?
    Flimjo

    No, you have a valid point.

  22. Good Comment?
    Flimjo

    You mean download it, right?

  23. Good Comment?
    Flimjo

    Unique Blog Designs are great. I highly recommend them.

  24. Good Comment?
    Paul

    You have inspired me to do my own blog and I am currently working with unique blog design. I hope it won’t be to expensive. I believe that I have a great idea for a blog plus it is something that really interests me so I know the content will be great. I will shoot you an email or something to see what you think if you find any time.

  25. Good Comment?
    anty

    I’ll be waiting one or two weeks until they have released the bugfixed version of WP. Am I the only one that feels it’s saver to wait?

  26. Good Comment?
    Terry Tay

    I have read a few reviews elsewhere as many have already upgraded and there were no problems at all.
    There are many benefits to upgrading, but not everyone has to upgrade if they don’t want to ;-)
    This upgrade looks very much worth it though!
    ~Terry

  27. Good Comment?
    Favorite Browser

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Changelog/2.5

    “Nice” changelog :-)

  28. Good Comment?
    Favorite Browser

    What’s the point to upgrade?

    Isn’t there enough features for you? You want more? All I see is problems with templates, plugins, more bugs + messed up admin panel.

  29. Good Comment?
    Sabrina

    Awesome update it looks like, I’m off to grab it!

  30. Good Comment?
    Michael D

    Hearing a lot about this today with wordcamp going on in Dallas. Never like doing those upgrades early, will likely setup on a new blog and test from there.

  31. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    weird…… ok.. ;)

  32. Good Comment?
    Matt

    Actually, Wordpress 2.5 was released hours before you made this post :P

  33. Good Comment?
    Mark Hansen

    Time for another backup… testing plugins… all that good stuff!

    They werent kidding! Looks like there will be some great features though, should be worth the effort!
    Mark

  34. Good Comment?
    Rob

    Um.. it’s released today as stated on the page you linked to.

    http://wordpress.org/download/

  35. Good Comment?
    ShoeMoney

    hmm never been in the email biz and never want to be… if I wanted to I could just export all the emails of anyone who has ever made a comment.

    only a sob would think of that ;)

  36. Good Comment?
    Think Like An SOB

    Trying to build an email list huh Shoe?

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