Mar 29 2008

Wordpress 2.5 soon to be released

By Jeremy Schoemaker 38 comments

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.

Think Like An SOB said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:30 am

Trying to build an email list huh Shoe?

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ShoeMoney said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am

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

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Rob said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:32 am

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

http://wordpress.org/download/

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Mark Hansen said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:37 am

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

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Matt said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:50 am

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

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ShoeMoney said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:52 am

weird…… ok..

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Michael D said on March 29th, 2008 at 11:54 am

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.

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Sabrina said on March 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

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

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Favorite Browser said on March 29th, 2008 at 12:25 pm

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.

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Favorite Browser said on March 29th, 2008 at 12:31 pm

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

“Nice” changelog

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Terry Tay said on March 29th, 2008 at 6:31 pm

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

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anty said on March 29th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

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?

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Paul said on March 29th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

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.

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Flimjo said on March 29th, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Unique Blog Designs are great. I highly recommend them.

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Flimjo said on March 29th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

You mean download it, right?

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Flimjo said on March 29th, 2008 at 10:23 pm

No, you have a valid point.

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Flimjo said on March 29th, 2008 at 10:25 pm

Such valid comments. What are you talking about?

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jtGraphic said on March 30th, 2008 at 7:34 am

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

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jtGraphic said on March 30th, 2008 at 7:35 am

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?

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Prosperity Writer said on March 30th, 2008 at 9:37 am

WP 2.5 is now available for download!

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Marketing Multiple said on March 30th, 2008 at 10:38 am

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,

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Affiliate Confession said on March 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

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

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Affiliate Confession said on March 30th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

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

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CodeFreedom said on March 31st, 2008 at 12:06 am

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.

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Hustle Strategy said on March 31st, 2008 at 6:39 am

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

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Search Engine Optimization Journal said on March 31st, 2008 at 12:49 pm

So far - a YAY on the Wordpress front!

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Syed Balkhi said on March 31st, 2008 at 5:06 pm

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

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Travis said on March 31st, 2008 at 7:59 pm

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/

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Anton Shevchuk said on April 1st, 2008 at 12:17 am

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)

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SEO web hosting said on April 1st, 2008 at 8:11 am

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.

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Terry Tay said on April 1st, 2008 at 6:31 pm

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

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Funky South said on April 2nd, 2008 at 3:51 am

just upgraded looks good in the admin panal

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Meethere said on April 2nd, 2008 at 8:35 am

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

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Forumistan said on April 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm

Great update, I am gonna download it…

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sasana said on April 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 am

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

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Punters and Pints said on April 9th, 2008 at 11:09 am

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.

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