WordPress version 2.9 is here. What a pleasant surprise in Holiday season. It has been named “Carmen” in honor of magical jazz vocalist Carmen McRae.
Here are some hotties from WordPress 2.9
Global Undo/”Trash” feature
It means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also ends those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on every delete.
Built-In Image Editor
Something I always wanted in WordPress. The cool new feature allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images.
Batch Plugin Update & Compatibility Checking
Another time saver. You can update 10 plugins at once rather than having to do multiple clicks for each one.
WordPresss 2.9 uses new compatibility data from the plugins directory to give you a better idea of compatibility. Would save a lot of headaches.
Video Embeds Made Better
Just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv .
More are expected in next release.
There are a lot of other goods you can check them here
But I am going to wait before I upgrade. There have been experiences in the past where my upgrade has disrupted my couple of days.
I would rather wait to ensure everything is smooth.
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