In the past few years Automattic has made several changes to the code of WordPress and developed it to become the number 1 blogging software released under GPL. I remember using WordPress since the version 1.5. I have seen many changes in WordPress since then. When WordPress 2.3 was released I updated my websites that were running on the old WordPress software. In those days there were no such thing as automatic upgrade which came a bit later as plugin then Automatic Upgrade did the thing which used to take a long time.
Currently WordPress 2.9.2 is in use and available for download at the WordPress site. But today The WordPress Development team released the WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 which means , they are in process of developing the software. WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 will be released after a few days.
Some of the major improvements in WordPress 3.0 are
- Custom Menu System ( Same as Woo Themes have developed for their Themes and Thesis is utilizing )
- Integration of WordPress and WordPress MU system but will take time.
- User Interface has been upgraded as well , like new Icon for Super Admin.
- A New Theme named as Twenty Ten, which contains 8 headers .
As soon as I read this news in my Dashboard , I downloaded the beta version and installed it on my development server.
Here are some images that show off WordPress 3.0 Beta 1
Famous Five Minute Install with Password Feature
Dashbpoard Showing the Menu Section under Appearence
Main Page Indicating the Twenty Ten Theme
If you are willing to try out WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 on your website or Development server you can download it from Here.
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I’m so much excited with the launch of Wordpress 3.0. Though since it’s beta release I’ll wait for a while to get the beta 2 and will install it on my live site.
My plan is to put all my Wordpress blogs into one single MU, since I can use one plugin in all the blogs.
This will save lots of resources for my blog.