WordPress Releases Version 2.5
March 31, 2008
WordPress.org yesterday released version 2.5 of WordPress, a blogging tool for self-hosted blogs.
WordPress founder Matthew Mullenweg in a blog entry atWordPress.org said the numerous improvements in this new version are almost entirely a result of the WordPress community’s feedback.
New features in Wordpress 2.5 include “multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a [what-you-see-is-what-you-get editor] that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection, full-screen writing, and search that covers posts and pages.”
Mullenweg also reported that WordPress version 2.3 has already been downloaded 1.92 million times as he promised additional features in the future.
“[Version] 2.5 is a major milestone for WordPress not because it added dozens of user-requested features, but because it reaffirms that we’re as passionate about blogging as the day we started. Our community is too fierce to rest on its laurels — contrary to what pundits claim, blogging is far from ‘finished’ and every improvement just whets our appetite for more. And more is coming.”