WordPress 2.6, Beta 1 Available
Ryan Boren announced on his blog yesterday that WordPress 2.6, Beta 1 is now available for download and testing. The features list is nice, and a lot of the things that were missing in the 2.5 release have been included in version 2.6. He also stated that they are aiming for a mid-July release for 2.6 - a full month ahead of the August 2008 scheduled release.
The new post revisioning feature is going to be a life-saver, giving you the ability to retrieve content that had been previously deleted. Multi-author blogs will also benefit greatly from this, allowing them to track who changed what and when. Version control in WordPress - long awaited, and finally here in 2.6!
Chris Johnston has a demo of WordPress 2.6 set up so you can take a tour for yourself. You can login here (username: admin, password: demo).
I took a quick spin around the admin panel, and I like the changes that have been made to the plugins page. They have separated the currently active plugins from the inactive ones, and the ability to delete, activate, and deactivate plugins in bulk is a nice addition as well.
Looks like I am going to be busy in mid-July, updating WordPress installs!
Until next time…