Breaking news. It’s only been a month and WordPress 2.5.1 has already been released. It’s recommended to upgrade soon for “one very important security fix.” In addition, it also addresses over 70 other bug fixes
what news?
Administration Interface
administration section will now have a different color scheme of light blue, gray and orange colors. I am sure this will bring some relief to the people who are bored of the old colors but can also turn off some loyal users. There will be two default color schemes from which the user can choose and apply their favorite one
Presentation” section has been renamed to Design and all your widgets, themes will be listed under this category from now on
search functionality has been given extra power by allowing the users to search through the posts, pages and comments based on status, months and categories
password strength meter has been included when setting up a password for a new user. This evaluates the complexity of your new password and warns you if it’s too short or simple
Widget-Based Dashboard
Dashboard was one of the most boring pages of the admin section of any WordPress installation. It has been given a new kind of widget support where you can add/remove widgets just like the standard widget system that used to exist in the presentation section. This should allow the developers to code some interesting plugins for the Dashboard
Automatic Plugin Updater
new release comes with this functionality which allows WordPress to automatically update the plugins from the Author’s website
New & Improved File Uploading System
Managing your uploaded files was not so easy before this new release. Now you can just go to a central place to manage all your uploaded media files. The media library will also allow you to upload more than one file at a single go. This will save time and effort on the part of any WordPress user. Also, when you upload your images, a new option called medium has been added to the existing Thumbnail and Full size images
Tag Management Made Easy
Now, you will be able to manage all your tags from the admin interface which will be similar to managing categories
Avatars are Official Now
The Gravatar Plugin is now incorporated into WordPress. Weblog Tools Collection wrote up the information on the new get_avatar() function to help WordPress Theme developers update their Themes and those who want to write Plugins based on the new avatar function.
Full Text Feeds
Listening to the popular demand, WordPress feeds now include all the content present after the “more” tag when full text feeds are selected
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