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2.7 Beta 1November 1

We’ve been working our asses off and finally have a beta to share.  Download, test, and enjoy the pretty visuals.  The word most people use when first seeing it is “sexy”.   This is a great design, and I’m very pleased with how it has turned out.  When the visuals are complete and the new icons are in, 2.7 will be a very good looking release.

Try this exercise.  Load up the Write Post page in 2.6 and in 2.7.   Compare the location of the title field between the two.  Notice the vertical distance.  That’s one of my favorite 2.7 features.

WordPress 2.7 UI ConfigurabilityOctober 31

Implementation of the new visual design of WordPress 2.7 is almost done.  One of our primary objectives with the new design is to offer interface flexibility and customization.  You can drag-and-drop and show or hide many UI elements.  Here’s the Write Post page stripped down the way I like it.  Title, Content, Categories, and Publish.  That’s all I use and now that’s all I have to see.  Even the navigation is tucked away on the left so I can concentrate on writing.

My Write Post

2.7: Getting Ready for Public BetaOctober 17

WordPress 2.7 is in feature freeze as of October 13th.  The direction of the visual design is now set.  From this point one we’ll be triaging and fixing bugs and implementing the new visuals in an effort to get the first public beta of 2.7 ready.  While waiting for beta, here are some 2.7 resources to check out.


Stalking the Wild 2.7September 4

To track the day-to-day happenings of WordPress 2.7 development, head over to the Development Updates blog.  We’ll be discussing the ongoing admin UI changes and the new features slated for 2.7.  Add your comments and join in.

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the features that have already gone into 2.7.

  • New admin UI based on the crazyhorse experimental UI branch with new menus and navigation
  • New edit post page that allows dragging and dropping of meta boxes. Boxes can be expanded and collapsed as before and now also completely hidden.
  • Ability to hide columns on the content index pages
  • Inline editing of posts and pages on the content index pages
  • Comments XMLRPC API (Who wants comment moderation on the iPhone? Me.)
  • Reply to comments from the admin
  • Keyboard hot keys for managing comments
  • Threaded Comments and new wp_list_comments() API
  • Sticky Posts
  • Automatic plugin install and integrated plugin browser
  • Automatic upgrade of WordPress
  • HTTPOnly auth cookies
  • New HTTP request API
  • A new SSH2 filesystem abstraction for updates and installs over sftp

Not all of those features are complete yet, but they are getting close.  We’re hoping to get a few more features like Theme update, install, and browsing done in time for 2.7.

WordPress 2.6.1August 15

2.6.1 is out.  Thanks for testing.  The beta releases had very good download numbers, and the helpful responses in the comments and on the bug tracker were great.