WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 Released
Well, with Beta 3 just being released, it looks like WordPress is making their way very nicely with 2.7. If you have Beta 1 or 2, make sure to update via Tools -> Update menu, because there’s over 160 changes. Here are a few:
- Numerous style improvements and refinements.
- All admin notices now go under the page title.
- PHP Notice fixes.
- Dashboard widget options now properly save.
- Menu fixes.
- New design for Quick Edit.
- Canonical feed URL fixes.
- Walker fixes.
- An update for Hello Dolly.
- Plugin installer updates.
- Numerous font updates.
- Updated login logo.
- Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
- File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
- Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
- Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
- Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
- Add New User page now separate.
- Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
- QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
- Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.
Click here to download WordPress Beta 3.









Michael Cromarty
Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Wow think I’ll have a download and play.
Chris Coyier
Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 1:21 PM
An update for Hello Dolly… Thank god! =)
Fubiz
Posted on November 16th, 2008 at 1:56 PM
Thanks for the news.
gelay
Posted on November 17th, 2008 at 11:54 PM
cant wait for the final stable.
dalidas
Posted on December 15th, 2008 at 6:00 PM
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