Another Day And Another WordPress Release, 2.6

Everton | Jul 15, 2008 | Comments 6


I made my blogging comeback today after a month or so off to deal with various things including a house move.  It felt a bit weird reading feeds after such a long break and i was a bit rusty around the WordPress dashboard, but discovering that there was yet another new WordPresss release made me feel quickly at home!

WordPress 2.6 doesn’t appear to introduce any mind-blowing new features, but there do appear to be some new  bits and bobs that will come in handy:

  1. Live theme preview – very handy if you frequently dabble with your theme.  Now you won’t affect users while you experiment
  2. Revision history – useful for multi-author blogs like this one
  3. Google Gears support – store WordPress images, scripts etc on a PC to speedup the site

I found the addition of Google Gears support the most interesting, as I hadn’t really paid attention to Gears before or fully understood what it could do. Gears is a plug-in that extends your browser to create a richer platform for web applications, and which also makes them run faster.  My favourite RSS reader, Google Reader, supports gears so hopefully now that I’ve installed Google Gears I’ll be able to catchup quicker on one month’s worth of RSS feeds!

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About the Author: Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 8 News, Windows 8 News and One Tip A Day.

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  1. WordpressPremiums says:
    July 17, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    I just upgraded to 2.6 and really like the new function. And especially your video is pretty handy to find these new features fast.

    Thanks

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  2. Jon says:
    July 21, 2008 at 10:28 am

    Thanks for the review – how have you found it so far? I’m always cautious of new releases and usually wait for the first maintenance release before upgrading!

    Jon

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  3. CH Web Design says:
    July 24, 2008 at 7:53 am

    Great video. I love the new features. The live theme view is awesome. I’m glad i chose Wordpress as my CMS, it just keeps getting better and better!

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  4. Free ADS UK says:
    July 27, 2008 at 1:40 pm

    Great video. Found it very useful.

    Thanks

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  5. Olly says:
    July 27, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    The only small hitch I had with the upgrade was all my comments disappeared. I believe this is becase my wordpress was quite old but be aware!

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  6. Dan | Ask Dan and Jennifer says:
    August 5, 2008 at 3:54 am

    So have you noticed any performance differences between the new WP 2.6 and WP 2.3? 

    I remember last year when we upgraded to WP 2.3 the performance was horrible (really slow and much higher server load for the same traffic) compared to the previous WP version.

    What have all you guys noticed? Does WP 2.6 have better performance than 2.3?

    Thanks!
    Dan

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