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WordPress 2.8 release schedule on June 10th
6 Jun2009
Wordpress – A semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.
The new version, 2.8 has taken a long time before the release date has been set. It was originally planned for April, then May, now June.
Ryan Boren announced on Wednesday that the developers were hoping for the content management system to be released on Wednesday 10th June.
The new version will include a built-in theme installer, just like the current plugins installer that arrived with 2.7. Not only that but a better permalink system, new icons and an updated admin color scheme, a better widgets API among other things. and an even more controllable user management system.
The most interesting thing is that WordPress versions have a history of being named after famous jazz musicians. Version 2.7, the most recent, was named ‘Coltrane’, who was famous for improvisation, due to the sheer ability to customise the admin interface. 2.7 recently had a small update, and was re-numbered to 2.7.1.
There is news for Wordpress 2.9 as well, Wordpress said:
WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater. This is raised from the current requirement of 4.0.
Checks will be added to the automatic upgrader that will prevent upgrading to 2.9 if MySQL < 4.1.2 is being used. The upgrader will also issue a notice that suggests asking the host to upgrade MySQL to meet the minimum requirement.
There have been two betas of WordPress released already, the first on May 16th, and the second on May 23rd. I can’t wait for the new version, and I’m sure the other millions of bloggers can’t either. Lets hope for the release on date given by Wordpress.
- In: News & Reviews
- Tags: MySQL, WordPress, Wordpress 2.8
2 Responses to WordPress 2.8 release schedule on June 10th
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June 7th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
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June 9th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
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