One of the great things about wordpress is the speed at which it has developed over the last few years from a simple blogging platform to a much more advanced system that can be used as a CMS as well.
WordPress 2.6 Beta has been released with a few minor updates and functional improvements. Ryan Boren posted a list of improvements including the following to be found in the 2.6 beta Version which is already available for download and beta testing.
- Post Revisioning
- Caching of static files with Gears for faster Admin page loads
- A new and improved image editing dialog that offers lots of control over the images in your posts
- Theme previewing as seen on WordPress.com
- Built-in word counting in the post editor
- The ability to disable remote publishing for the security conscious
- Drag-and-drop sortable galleries
- Customizable default avatars
- Bulk delete, activate, and deactivate for plugins
- jQuery 1.2.6 with some nice performance improvements
- jQuery UI 1.5
Matt Mullenweg, Founder of the platform had the following to say about this speedy update from the much hyped 2.5.
