Announcing WordPress 2.5 RC1 March 18th, 2008
I occasionally browse WordPress.org, but as I am writing, it happens to be the very right moment I guess for in front of me I’m facing the announce of WordPress 2.5 RC1 release made by Matt Mullenweg.
Although today the final version should have been more than ready, according to the dates I’ve published in my earlier post, nevertheless we’re getting a very welcomed Release Candidate of the newest version of WordPress, the 2.5 upgrade. They say first impression counts, and believe me it really does. I’m glad to see the changes, let that be the layout, reorganization of the admin panel or even the new features coming with this release. Of course I immediately downloaded and installed it on my localhost, currently I’m enjoying what you may be missing, so don’t waste your time and grab it right away.
Below I’ll provide a set of screenshots I just did on my computer so you can take a look of it from a closer view.
Dashboard
Settings
Write Post
The Other WordPress News feeds now are editable which gives you the opportunity to display less blocks of news on the dashboard. Doubtlessly I should mentioned the new redesigned writing page, perfectly organized and its clean light and comely look. I’m impressed by the work that has been done on this release, definitively should be applauded.
As for the final release of this version Matt says that it’s basically ready, but they’re interested in users feedback.
The software is basically done and stable, and could be released today, but we’d like to incorporate feedback from a wider audience before making it available to the general public. After a few days of your feedback we’ll set a final release date. Personally, I can’t wait.
It is a nicely put cover of the release delay if you ask me, however handing out this RC has calmed our curiosity down a little.