WordPress 2.7 was released to self-hosted users today. The new version represents quite a change in the general layout of the admin screens, although, once you find your way around, other than a few added features, it really isn’t that different.
One of the best additions, in my humble opinion, is the integration of automatic upgrade into the core. In previous versions, even with the great Automatic Upgrade Plugin, the upgrade process wasn’t exactly automatic and required a good deal of human interaction. That gets to be a major hassle when you’ve got multiple installs of WordPress and updates are released every few months. I was really pleased to see that this new version integrates truly automatic upgrade without the need for a plugin or any human interaction other than clicking “Upgrade Automatically”.
I posted screenshots recently of a beta release of 2.7, which looks nearly identical to the final release. You can check out those WordPress 2.7 screenshots here. You can download the new WordPress version 2.7 here.
Also, if you’re currently using either of my free WordPress themes, I’m running behind on updating those. They should work just fine with 2.7, but I’m updating them to take advantage of some new features, as well as to clean up the code a bit. I’ll post an update as soon as I get those finished, which should be either today or tomorrow.
