WordPress 2.8 What’s New

For WordPress lover, current release WordPress version is 2.7. The 2.8 version will be available on 10th June. Download the Release version here.

• New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API

• Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors

• Browse the theme directory and install themes from the admin

• Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns

• Allow configuring the number of items to show on management pages with an option in Screen Options
• Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
• Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
• Faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation

Here’s a quick video overview of everything in the new release:

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For complete list of changes see here.