Jun 12 2009
WordPress 2.8
WordPress 2.8 was released on June 10 and it was a very easy upgrade on my blog with the automated update feature on WordPress. All of my plugins and my theme are working without issues in the new version. I strongly recommend backing up your blog and database before making any upgrade. There was one update that I made where my blog failed to work and I was forced to revert to an earlier version until the problems were fixed in a future version.
Highlights
- improved drag and drop widgets
- theme browser and installer
- dashboard widgets can be displayed in 1 to 4 columns
- support for IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module – this important because I’m planning on switching to an IIS web hosting package soon
There were many more updates but these ones are the more significant. The following video gives a quick overview of the new version.