Wordpress 2.3 released

By Madhur Kapoor on Sep 25, 2007 in Wordpress


Wordpress 2.3

The latest version of Wordpress , Wordpress 2.3 codenamed “Dexter” is out now . This release features some new and exciting features .The release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dextor Gordon. Here are the new features of this release .

  • Native tagging support: It allows you to use tags in addition to categories on your post, if you so choose. Importers for plugins such as UTW , Bunny’s technorati tag etc are also included . 
  • The new update notificationlets you know when there is a new release of WordPress or when any of the plugins you use has an update available.
  • The new canonical URLs feature does things like enforce your no-www preference, redirect posts with changed slugs so a link never goes bad, redirect URLs that get cut off in emails on similar to the correct post, and much more.
  • The new pending reviewfeature isgreat for multi-author blogs. It allows authors to submit a post for review by an editor or administrator, where before they would just have to save a draft .
  • All new and advanced WYSIWYG editor

 The new features look great . I will wait sometime before upgrading . What about you ?


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    • 13 Comment(s)

    1. Just like you, I’ll wait a bit and see how it works out.

      Brown Baron | Sep 25, 2007 | Reply

    2. I am still with 2.1.3 , tried Insta upgrade & techie-buzz’s WPupgrade plugin ,both never worked for me :(

      but about 2.3 initial reviews are not good so wait is better .

      rahul | Sep 25, 2007 | Reply

    3. it is better to wait, some plugins are not compatible with this release

      ram | Sep 25, 2007 | Reply

    4. lol…. after reading Rahuls’ comment that Insta upgrade didn’t work - I just tried and saw if it worked and it did!

      lol I didn’t want to upgrade and now I’ve the latest version of WP as read this post. Gotta go and see what’s working and what’s not. :D

      Ashwin | Sep 26, 2007 | Reply

    5. For those who want save a piece of SEO for their blog

      THe answer is “Not to upgrade” :P

      Dj Flush | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply

    6. I too will wait for some time, between I’ll update my demo blog and see the features. :-)

      Nirmal | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply

    7. Seems like everyone is going to wait a bit.

      @Ashwin
      Have you faced any problems so far .

      @Dj
      Can you clarify your point in detail

      @Nirmal
      Good idea , i will try it out in my offline installation first

      Madhur Kapoor | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply

    8. No issues but I won’t recommend this to anyone as yet. Some small small annoyances are still present.

      Ashwin | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply

    9. I’m also going to wait a little while for the bugs to be straightened out.

      Steven Snell | Sep 27, 2007 | Reply

    10. i am also gonna wait before upgrade..
      and do the WYSIWUG editor has colouring option this time?

      Shashank | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply

    11. @rahul
      i also tried to use WP updgrade plugin but got stuck somewhere :(

      Shashank | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply

    12. I’m holding off on upgrading until 2.3.1 I think :D

      Kyle Eslick | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply

    13. I will also wait till further releases .

      Madhur Kapoor | Sep 28, 2007 | Reply

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