WordPress 2.7 Release Scheduled this Evening | 4 December, 2008

The beta version of WordPress 2.7 was available for the past few months. But that wasn’t enough. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the final release of WordPress 2.7. The time has finally arrived.

After being behind schedule, the WordPress team has finally spoken and have decided to release it this evening. i.e. on December 4, 2008.

WordPress 2.7 represents a huge shift away from earlier versions of WordPress. The changes made in the admin area are huge. Most of the changes will be visible to bloggers, but not blog readers.

As already discussed, they have revamped WordPress Dashboard, the navigation menus have all been moved to the left side of the screen, giving you more room at the top of the page, collapsible sub-menus have been added, which allows you to navigate the administration interface without reloading the page as often.

Similarly, Numerous font updates have been made, search for and install plugins without leaving the admin area plus several fixes; PHP Notice fixes, Menu fixes, etc.

Most notable is that for the first time, an automatic upgrade tool is included in WordPress so you can upgrade to WordPress 2.7.1 or 2.8 or whatever new versions are on the horizon without having to fire up an FTP client.

The real fun would be to practically see the new version of WordPress 2.7. I can’t wait to try this out. What are your thoughts on this latest release?

Edit: According to DownloadSquad; Matt pointed out that WordPress will see the roll out of WordPress 2.7 sometime this evening. There is no official word on when WordPress.org will release the self-hosted version, though the first release candidate is available now. — CEW