Jun 17 2010

It’s Out! – WordPress 3.0!

Category: General Web NewsSmitty @ 9:10 pm

The New version WordPress 3.0 – otherwise called “Thelonious”

The thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download

Major Changes:

  • New default theme called Twenty Ten
  • Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies.
  • Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation.
  • New lighter interface
  • The contextual help on every screen,
  • 1,217 bug fixes
  • Feature enhancements
  • Bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click

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