WordPress 2.5 Released!
As announced today by Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Dallas, Automattic has officially released WordPress 2.5, along with their new site design!
What’s new in WordPress 2.5? The biggest change you’ll see is the new administration theme, designed by HappyCog. The new theme definitely streamlines and simplifies the WordPress interface a lot. It also includes a customizable dashboard, built-in galleries (hallelujah!!), built-in Gravatars, and even faster loading speeds.
This build of WordPress is looking more fantastic than ever! Let’s give a huge thanks to the developers and designers at WordPress for a great release!
WordPress 2.5 is available for download over at Wordpress.org. And if you’re a WordPress.com user, fear not, you will receive an update to 2.5 in the next week.
As for WPCandy, we will be upgrading to 2.5 soon, as well as making sure our WPCandy v1 WordPress Theme is compatible. Stay tuned for more news on 2.5.
Thássius V'
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 11:44 am
I don’t like this new theme. I want the old one. The Old One!!!
Michael Castilla
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
I love everything about WordPress 2.5. It’s so NEW and FRESH and just what I would expect from those crazy Automatticans.
Calaelen
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:06 pm
The Blog Post on the front screen of wordpress.org about wp 2.5 is leading to an empty post and after installing v2.5 on my local testsystem, it says “development version - stay updated” with a link to the svn repository.
*wondering*
Lewis
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Glad its released and I will upgrade when my hosts installer application sees it (Its so much more simple than the normal WordPress installation) I do think the design is an much needed improvement but Mike should have designed it
Thássius V'
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
The Brazilian Portuguese translation is not complete, as far as I could see. It’s in Portenglish.
Robert
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
This release appears to be rushed. Many still can’t perform a simple image upload.
Pasquale
Posted on March 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
This is dumb. They should have spent time slimming the current wp down and then making it cooler.
Ryan McCue
Posted on March 30th, 2008 at 3:01 am
Robert: The reason for that is because none of the testers used IE7. The bug will be fixed in 2.5.1 and is already fixed in trunk.
Robert
Posted on March 30th, 2008 at 3:11 am
If you’re implying that I use IE, then I’ve been insulted.
Ryan McCue
Posted on March 30th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Robert: No, I was noting that the bug only appeared to happen on IE7. If you are experiencing it otherwise, please file a bug on http://trac.wordpress.org/
Michael Cromarty
Posted on March 30th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Nice! Get it updated asap I wanna have a dig at the interface!!!!!
Jermayn
Posted on March 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
I use the automatic installation from cpanel so anyone have a clue when will I get the automatic update?
Michael Castilla
Posted on April 1st, 2008 at 7:16 am
@Jermayn - You would have to contact your host about that.
Epic Alex :: Web Design
Posted on April 2nd, 2008 at 5:04 am
I’m actually loving the new design, I was sceptical at first, but since using the RCs, and not just looking at screen shots, I’ve found I have a much better work flow than with the old layout.
The design is a move in the right direction anyway, the old style looked old!
博X
Posted on April 3rd, 2008 at 8:54 am
it’s very good!