WordPress 2.5
March 30, 2008
WordPress 2.5 available for download. Many inprovements and new features (database version is 7499).
New User Features
- Admin dashboard redesign
- Dashboard Widgets (Stats, Comments, Incoming Links)
- Multi-file uploading with progress bar
- EXIF extraction
- Search posts and pages, now it includes pages too
- Tag management
- Password strength meter
- Concurrent editing protection
- Few-click plugin upgrades
- built-in Gravatars
- Friendlier visual post editor
- Built-in Galleries (Using the Gallery Shortcode)
New Developer Features
- Salted passwords
- Secure cookies
- Easy taxonomy and URL creation
- Inline documentation
- Database optimization (but no changes in table layout)
- $wpdb->prepare(), almost all of the SQL in WordPress is prepared first
- Media buttons
- Shortcode API
Fixed Bugs and Security Issues from Trac
Related:
- Codex WordPress 2.5
- Changelog WordPress 2.5
- Upgrading WordPress
- WordPress extended Upgrade Guide
