A Peek At WordPress 2.5
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Those of you who haven’t been upgrading your WordPress installations due to laziness or lack of time might just change your mind when you see how 2.5 will look. A sneak peek provided by Matt shows an upgraded interface with sweet new features to boot.
Out of the box, WordPress 2.5 will have a customizable dashboard, built-in galleries, built-in Gravatars, multi-file uploads, one click plugin upgrades, full text feeds, tag management, and faster load times.
Sounds good right? Let’s take a look at some screenshots.
The Dashboard has been redesigned to display a summary of incoming links, recent comments, scheduled posts, blog stats, along with WordPress updates and news.
![[WordPress 2.5 Dashboard]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp25_screen1.png)
Navigation is better organized with the separation of primary and secondary options.
![[WordPress 2.5 Navigation]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp25_screen2.png)
The new Write page has a cool new feature: the ability to have the visual editor go full screen. That should help you focus on what you’re writing heh.
![[WordPress 2.5 Write Screen]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp25_screen3.png)
The Manage screen has been redesigned and looks great as well. You can opt to use the old colors if you miss them and even create your own color scheme.
![[WordPress 2.5 Manage Screen]](http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/wp25_screen4.png)
The first release candidate is available for download for those who wish to participate in the testing.
Will you be upgrading to 2.5 when it’s finished?
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March 20th, 2008 00:29
I’m quite sure a lot of our plugins will be hit by the upgrade. Time to prep up that dummy wordpress installation to test 2.5
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March 20th, 2008 02:23
i am much waiting for 2.5 the admin theme look great i think most of plugins need to be update for 2.5
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March 20th, 2008 02:48
I am really lazy tht i don’t upgrade, i shdnt feel guilty now…I will surely upgrade…
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March 20th, 2008 03:54
I can’t wait to install it on my blog.
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March 20th, 2008 05:18
Hey Brown, I installed it in a test machine and i love the interface. Plus, I am excited at the ‘improvements’ under the hood and can’t wait to lightning speed load times.
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March 20th, 2008 05:59
Hi.
Greetings from Germany. I just found your blog and I must admit it’s perfectly great.
@topic: I’m also looking forward to the latest update
March 20th, 2008 07:25
Wow, that is a great logo. I will definitely be upgrading, though I might only upgrade a couple sites until all plugins are compatible and I get used to the look.
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March 20th, 2008 10:49
I love Wordpress so much, I cannot contain myself. I’ll never forget how it felt to move from blogspot to my new home - it was awesome.
It took a lot of work to learn how to use it, but it changed my entire view of blogging. I can’t wait for the new version, it’s very exciting
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March 20th, 2008 12:51
I installed on my demo blog and looks good with the fluency theme for admin panel.
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March 20th, 2008 13:18
Those are some sweet features. Not sure if the tech people have upgraded the blog lately; us lowly writers will have to have a word with them.
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March 20th, 2008 17:43
@sylv3rblade:
I’m sure most people will be thinking of plugin compatibility before deciding to upgrade heh
@vamsi:
I hope so
@Johnnie:
Haha don’t worry, you’re not alone
@Ashfame:
It looks real good doesn’t it? I like it
@K:
That’s fantastic news buddy! Now all we need are the plugin authors to update their plugins hehe
@Shobba:
Thanks for the compliment!
@Kyle:
I just hope all my plugins get upgraded
@Bobby:
2.5 looks real good. With K’s confirmation on it’s performance, I’m anxious to see the final version hehe
@Nirmal:
I think I’ll be testing it out locally soon. I’m still dealing with some time wasters hehehe
@Liz:
LOL
March 20th, 2008 19:05
That does look very nice, i’d kind of got a customed to upgrades meaning nothing visual at all but this looks very nice.
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March 21st, 2008 03:38
I have been having trouble getting the WYSIWYG on my new blog www.condommonologues.com for quite a while now. So just out of curiosity I installed this new WP and it’s all working now. Hooray, and I love Orange!
It’s a little confusing to get around right away but I think it is going to be something I put on all my blogs.
Thanks for the overview.
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March 21st, 2008 07:17
It may look great, but there is a pain everytime a new version is available, you’ve to upgrade for security purposes, and then what you find out is that you need to upgrade the plugins too, as old ones are not working. Then I have to bug the plugin writers to upgrade their plugin.
March 21st, 2008 08:30
I can’t wait for this to be officially released. I think I’ll let it air out a bit before I install it, but it does look awesome!
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March 21st, 2008 17:03
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March 22nd, 2008 01:07
The interface is good but somehow i dont like the color scheme.
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March 25th, 2008 03:49
I am sure most of the popular plug-ins will work within days of the final release. The only major change I am looking forward to is the gallery, is there any sites up using the RC?
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March 25th, 2008 13:30
The “W” looks so polished and refined.
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March 26th, 2008 03:19
I cringe whenever they roll out an update. It takes quite a while to update all my blogs, then there’s the plug-in issue, plus random assorted bugs…but yes, I’m sure I’ll make the update once I can verify that my plug-ins will continue to work (or be updated).
April 1st, 2008 00:37
Let’s wait for some more reviews on this update by the pros
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April 1st, 2008 08:19
I upgraded immediately using WordPress Database Backup and then InstantUpgrade. I haven’t noticed any problems so far. Of course, different sites use different combinations of plugins. I hope this info helps people. The plugins I’m using are listed at http://www.realliberalchristianchurch.org/wordpress/?p=1267
April 2nd, 2008 08:23
I’m in love with the new admin panel! Functional and fluent.
April 2nd, 2008 21:14
I’m still testing it in my desktop’s localhost while getting used to it’s totally new admin panel. I don’t want to get any trouble and waiting other’s testimonial first
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April 4th, 2008 20:19
I love the new word programme
The plugins are great. I have no problems with the new version.
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April 6th, 2008 11:28
wordpress 2.5 has a better interface and admin panel
April 18th, 2008 21:06
Just trying to make it work on my blog before i port it to the web becz lot of the plugins and other things have to be tested.Looks great though and has a good interface
Cheers
Abhishek
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