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WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1
2.8.1 is nigh. Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release. Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta 2, and have a look at all of the tickets fixed in 2.8.1. Thanks for testing WordPress.
Vote for 2.9 Media Features
Last Wednesday, the core development team and a number of contributing developers met in the IRC #wordpress-dev channel to talk about which features should be included in version 2.9, which is now entering the development phase. We’ve been planning to focus on media features in 2.9 for some time, and unsurprisingly, it was media features [...]
Themes are GPL, too
If WordPress were a country, our Bill of Rights would be the GPL because it protects our core freedoms. We’ve always done our best to keep WordPress.org clean and only promote things that are completely compatible and legal with WordPress’s license. There have been some questions in the community about whether the GPL applies to [...]
WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2
2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing. Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1. We especially suggest, recommend, and beg that plugin developers test their plugins against beta 2 and let us know of any
WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1
We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8. 2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8. Today we’re releasing the first beta of 2.8.1. Download it, and check out the bugs fixed so far. Here are some of the notable issues that are fixed in beta 1.
Certain themes were [...]
2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets
I’m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available for download. 2.8 represents a nice fit and finish release for WordPress with improvements to themes
WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1
With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete. Download it, test it, and tell us what you think. If you don’t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.
If you’re interested in what has changed since beta 2, consult the changelog.
Summary of #wordpress-dev IRC meetup for 20090603
Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of
WordPress 2.8. Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not
blockers will be postponed to another release.
WP 2.9 will require MySQL 4.1.2 or greater. This is raised
WordPress 2.8 Beta 2
Download beta 2. See changes since beta 1.
WordPress 2.8 Beta 1
Download it, test it, file bugs.
What’s new? All of this.
Good hunting, all you testers.