Boy, was the wait worth it! The new 2.7 version of Wordpress (aka Coltrane) was just released, and upgrading AE took just about 6 minutes not counting the full server backup.
Some of the fun stuff to look forward to in 2.7 includes:
- Automatic one click upgrades (admin privileges required)
- One click plugin installation from Wordpress.org (suspect this also requires admin privileges)
- Customized drag & drop dashboards
- Quick posts from the dashboard
- Word count on new posts
For more information on the new Wordpress goodies, I highly recommend checking out the following posts:
Aaron Brazell lays out the 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.7 and an additional post roundup.
Taylor Pratt at MarketingPilgrim.com has video and a quick overview of new features.
Sean P. Aune has a timely wrapup of 20+ plugins already compatible with 2.7 – since this has slowed upgrade times in the past, this was a welcome post.
Rick Turoczy at ReadWriteWeb takes a look at how Wordpress listened to their raving fans to build a better release candidate that should be required reading for all software developers.
Last but not least, don’t Robert Scoble’s interviews with Wordpress founder Matt Mullenweg on the future of blogs.
