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The new WordPress blog software 2.7 Beta 1 is out for testing

Nov 4, 2008 by Mircea GoiacloseAuthor: Mircea Goia Name: Mircea Goia
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WordPress blog software evolves steadily and now it reached the version 2.7. This is the first beta 1 release to the public.What it brings new?

According to ther blog  it brings a new visual design mainly.

But also it features new additions like:
- the posibility to respond to comments from the admin area,
- automatic upgrade,
- plugin/browser installer,
- drag and drop dashboard,
- navigation expand/colaps,
- comment threading and paging,
- quick inline editing,
- add media without creating post,
- XMLRPC comments API,
- HTTPOnly Cookies,
- upgrades and installs over secure FTP,
- bulk editing of posts
- others

The most popular changes seem to be the new design/layout (looks good indeed), the automatic upgrade (pretty handy feature) and the revised dashboard (according to their poll).

This Beta version works well with Firefox and Safari although it’s not yet finished but the team is working also on making IE and Opera compatible.

The final release was intended to be unleashed into the wild on 10th of November but it seems that is not possible so the team is pushing the date with two weeks.
In the meantime, they’ll release a RC candidate (release candidate) which will be pretty much good for production use.

Go and try out the new WordPress blog software! Dowload WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 here.

Another announcement the company did is the launch of WordPress Showcase, a display of some of the best and brightest WordPress users, who are using it to do a whole lot more than blog.
You can make a suggestion and the team will check that out and put it on Showcase if they think the site deserves it.

We have reviewed WordPress in the past. Take a look at it.

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