EDIT: Looks like Wordpress 2.6 Beta 1 has been released today.
Been playing with Wordpress 2.6 alpha for a bit with the new features. To the users it will appear like nothing really has changed on the surface but under the hood there are a bunch of new features.
My favorite new feature is the post revisions. I can’t tell you how many times I have had the same post open in multiple windows and accidentally over written a previous post. The only thing worse then doing a job is doing the same job over…
Here is a screen shot :
Here is a full run down of the features with links to sites for more information about a specific feature:
- Post Revisioning
- A “Press This” bookmarklet for tumblelog style quick posting
- Caching of static files with Gears for faster Admin page loads
- A new and improved image editing dialog that offers lots of control over the images in your posts
- Theme previewing as seen on WordPress.com
- Built-in word counting in the post editor
- The ability to disable remote publishing for the security conscious
- XML-RPC API for changing blog options
- Better SSL support for the Admin
- Hierarchy-aware paging in the Manage Pages and Manage Categories admin pages.
- The ability to relocate your content directory
- The ability to move wp-config.php out of your web root
- Drag-and-drop sortable galleries
- Customizable default avatars
- Bulk delete, activate, and deactivate for plugins
- Check box range selection with shift-click
- TinyMCE 3.1.0.1 with lots of bug fixes
- jQuery 1.2.6 with some nice performance improvements
- jQuery UI 1.5
- Comment Likes 
- Comment Dislikes
July 7, 2008 at 10:29 am
I think WordPress is determined to upgrade every week just to make life difficult. I was happy with 2.3!!!
July 7, 2008 at 9:32 am
Wordpress is best at all
July 6, 2008 at 10:05 am
Где-то я уже нечто аналогичное читала, причём практически один в один…
July 5, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Thanks for the detailed information. I was wondering about it. I’m still using the earlier version and wanted to learn more before downloading.
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July 2, 2008 at 12:52 am
The screen shot is very inspiring. However the beta version fills me with misgivings. I think that it’s better to wait till the final version appears.
July 1, 2008 at 4:35 pm
I still use the old WP version, I don’t find the time to upgrade and the plugin stuff it’s too boring. I sould hire someone to help me with these things.
June 30, 2008 at 6:49 pm
What the heck is Joomla?
June 30, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Ah jeeze I really need to upgrade my wordpress. I’m extremely lazy.
June 30, 2008 at 12:17 pm
I second that. Just sometime ago was 2.5…however 2.5 had bugs. The thing that was pretty weird that a security update in 1 week of stable version release.
June 30, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Exactly. No beta! :p
June 30, 2008 at 12:12 pm
I usually stay away from beta versions. Their 2.5 stable version was out and in 1 week, there was a security update. So betas would be risky.
June 30, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Cant wait for this. It looks beautiful.
June 30, 2008 at 12:08 pm
I agree. I didnt upgrade also for one of my blogs. I am waiting for 2.6 now.
June 29, 2008 at 7:00 am
this is a welcome development for us wordpress bloggers but I would wait ’till 2.6 becomes stable enough to use.
June 28, 2008 at 10:37 am
word press is awesome! but it will never be better than Joomla!
June 28, 2008 at 10:36 am
Word press is awesome, but it will never be better than Joomla!
June 28, 2008 at 8:32 am
I’m currentlyl live testing Wordpress 2.6 Beta 1.
June 27, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I look forward to the new features. Better image controls and the word count will be useful to me. I hope it runs a little faster, my wordpress blogs can really bog down at times.
June 27, 2008 at 7:10 am
Custom development is king! Will you ever make some of your special custom wordpress developments available to the community as a whole?
June 27, 2008 at 7:07 am
WordPress is heading up the pack, and it is obvious that hey are not resting on their laurels.
June 26, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Wow 2.6 is just really nice, I always prefer wordpress.
June 25, 2008 at 6:13 pm
That sounds really good. I could use a couple of those features for sure.
June 25, 2008 at 3:05 pm
I must say, I really wish they’d build caching into the next build. Having wp-cache and wp-super-cache as plugins are nice, but that functionality really ought to be there out of the box.
June 25, 2008 at 11:40 am
They still need to do something about all the duplicate content that Wordpress is notorious for generating (archives, archives by date, categories,). I would like to see more SEO-related features in newer versions.
June 25, 2008 at 10:59 am
Thanks for the inside scoop. I look forward to 2.6, it just seems like yesterday that 2.5 came out. I am glad WP is proactive in their development
June 25, 2008 at 10:29 am
Looks Like the new wordpress 2.6 beta 1 interesting,but do we need to upgrade it ?
June 25, 2008 at 10:02 am
Too fast for me to catch it up…
More upgrade…
June 25, 2008 at 9:33 am
Shoe, I know just what you mean with the open windows – that sounds great. Hope they do something to fix the color bug. I have a very hard time changing link colors within blog posts in IE and Firefox (seems to work okay in Safari). In Safari, I have a hard time adjusting images which works fine in IE and Firefox).
June 25, 2008 at 9:31 am
It will also allow you to update wordpress automatically
June 25, 2008 at 9:09 am
Sweet, diff for wordpress bloggers!
June 25, 2008 at 8:55 am
the brians threaded comments i use is heavily modified to do what I want it to do and also be a lot more lightweight and speedy then the default
June 25, 2008 at 8:53 am
but not all themes support the threaded comments right? just like my blog..wtf!
June 25, 2008 at 8:43 am
I like the idea of threaded comments too! It’s like a blog and a forum mixed together!
June 25, 2008 at 8:41 am
I hate to downplay any one community, but I think WordPress is moving a lot faster than PHPBB ever did. I understand how hard it is to move big projects like these. Kudos to the Wordpress crew!
June 25, 2008 at 8:20 am
I’m thinking of switching to Word Press so that I can have threaded comments. Even though I don’t get any comments on my blog, I’m just anal and it bugs me that I can’t have it with expression engine… Yes I know I can buy it for $30.00, but their plugin sucks compared to the one that you use.
Word Press should have included threaded comments in the build on their new release. It is a very popular and much needed feature.
June 25, 2008 at 6:25 am
Where’s 2.5.2?
June 25, 2008 at 6:17 am
its good that they keep upgrading, at least it doesnt cost us any money
June 25, 2008 at 5:28 am
Is it me or there are a bit too many updates on WordPress?! I barely upgrade and I see an other one.
June 25, 2008 at 12:02 am
I need a good wordpress blog Just never was a wordpress man
June 24, 2008 at 9:15 pm
An update to the post editor would greatly improve things as well. TinyMCE definitely needs the upgrade
June 24, 2008 at 9:10 pm
NICE, the revision thing is going to be great. I am looking for some better user management to be built in too though.
June 24, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Any guesses as to the official release day?
June 24, 2008 at 8:12 pm
He is not an investor..is he?hehe
June 24, 2008 at 8:09 pm
it was a fast development by the wordpress team. Maybe we all just wait their final release.
June 24, 2008 at 7:15 pm
can’t wait for the new veriosn, but what about automatic plugins install over web? i read about this new feature before
June 24, 2008 at 6:54 pm
I think it has still some flaws.. been also playing with it and I like the new features especially the fix of errors in tinymce…
June 24, 2008 at 6:42 pm
or a fan, there are many of us
June 24, 2008 at 5:38 pm
A dozen posts on wordpress – are you an investor? Hired as their PR agency? Trying to kill competing products?
June 24, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I was pleasantly surprised by 2.5, although I just started using it a few weeks ago. The upgrades were meaningful and intuitive. Glad to hear they are working on images, I get tired on wrangling them on WP. Yeah, I’m a bit weary of all the versions, though.
June 24, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Took me awhile to finally upgrade all of our sites to 2.5.1, and now 2.6 is on the horizon?! DOH!
Hopefully it won’t be a bug-ridden clusterf*ck like 2.5 was..
June 24, 2008 at 5:07 pm
I will wait for the final release to come. No more beta for me … no no
June 24, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I love wordpress, everytime they upgrade it is that much better. Goog job wordpress team.
June 24, 2008 at 4:52 pm
That was a bit quick in my opinion… But I’m sure it’ll be a while till the final version is out
June 24, 2008 at 3:52 pm
I hope that there is no huge problems with the roll out.
June 24, 2008 at 3:36 pm
One of the great features of WordPress, besides the fact that it is free, is the dedication they have to their users. They continually roll out with more great features. Thanks for the update!
June 24, 2008 at 3:23 pm
looks cool, i’ll check it out
June 24, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Having tested and toyed around with 2.5 for many months before it was officially released, it was a much needed change and a great upgrade. But it’s very similar to that of KDE 4 where it’s a new foundation, but the future releases are going to truly make or break the application.
June 24, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I can’t wait for it to be final. There are some awesome features in 2.5, but I think they rushed it. I’ve had so many issues, especially with one of my sites where users contribute posts