WordPress Bits

2009 February 17
by Ryan

2.7.1 is out, improving upon a solid 2.7 release.

The next version of the iPhone app is almost out and features comment moderation.

2.8 is well underway.  So far there have been lots of script loading and DB performance improvements.  The first cut of the theme installer is in, and the redesign of the Widgets admin UI is beginning.  Custom tag taxonomies now have some built-in admin UI,  and proper timezone and DST support is available if you are running PHP 5.

18 Responses
  1. 2009 February 17

    Thanks! I really do enjoy seeing WordPress updates like this. Makes me feel connected with what is going on. Thanks!

  2. 2009 February 17

    Can we expect WordPress version 2.7.2 before 2.8.0?

  3. 2009 February 17

    I think yes.
    By the way, great job WordPress!
    Nice update.

  4. 2009 February 17

    DB performance.. love it! How safe is running bleeding edge, 2.8 for now, bugs wise?

  5. 2009 February 18

    What about improvements to the media manager?

  6. 2009 February 19

    Hey Ryan, I read about the search engine improvement on wordpress.org plugins section, that’s really good, but, can I suggest something?, What about adding a search form to every plugin page?, that’s because when I’m on a plugin page I can’t search for other plugin on that page (I must go back to plugins home page).

    Thanks!

  7. 2009 February 19

    For the jazz musician name for the next release, please give consideration to a great jazz musician and jazz educator, who is still living: Dave Bruebeck. Too often we honor greatness only after the person has died.

  8. 2009 February 19

    I’m so exited for 2.8 and hope it will come soon… sorry for the bad english

  9. 2009 February 19

    I can’t wait to start playing around with this release!!

    Using a plugin to handle my widgets (per page) I want to do no more :D

  10. 2009 February 20

    Eagerly waiting for 2.8?

  11. 2009 February 22

    Yes, DB performance improvements i like it so much. And widgets…

  12. 2009 February 17

    Why would 2.7.2 be required? I thought there was only an x.x.2 release when a security bug had to be fixed?

  13. 2009 February 18

    Normaly they advise you not to run a bleeding edge version on your website other than for testing.

  14. 2009 February 18

    As of today it is pretty stable. But that could change.

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