I have just upgraded my WordPress version to the latest 2.8.
It went smooth like always, but don’t forget to make your backups, just in case!
Major differences as far as I can tell after a quick look:
- Dashboard – Screen Options: it is now possible to divide the layout of your dashboard in 1, 2, 3 or even 4 columns to display all the different things the way you prefer.
- Plugins are now all shown together on one page. Yes, they were already before too, but now they are listed all under one header. So inactive plugins are mixed together with active plugins, all listed in alphabetical order. I’m not sure whether I really like that, but hey, will get used to it eventually.
- Installing New Themes is now easy as apple pie, similar to what already was made possible for plugins.
- General Settings – Timezone: finally you can choose the proper timezone of where you are located! And by the looks of it, it auto-adjust itself then too for changes in daylight savings time.
- CodePress Editor now gives syntax highlighting to your code. This is a major improvement to the plain-text editor of the past.
- Widgets: I don’t use widgets, because I prefer total control (evil laugh), but they sure did receive a makeover!
If you want to know all the changes, you can have a look at the WordPress Codex.
For the rest for the user it looks very much the same, so now I can go back to work (read: change the WordPress installations of all my other sites and those of my clients)!
