According to the current project schedule, WordPress 3.0 will hit the release candidate milestone next month, with a target release date of May 1, 2010. Lots of people have been writing about the new features of this release, but here are some of the highlights from the official list:
- The merge with WordPress Multi-User (and multisite capabilities)
- Better support for custom post types
- Better menu management
- New default theme “Twenty Ten” (preview here)
- Custom Navigation
- Custom Backgrounds
- Choose username for the first account, rather than using ‘admin’
- New template files for custom post types
- Author specific templates
- jQuery updated to 1.4.2
The code merge between “normal” WordPress and WordPress MU is a major undertaking. This will also allow BuddyPress to officially be installed on non-multiuser sites. The new default theme and ability to easily modify backgrounds should allow non-designers to create a nice custom site without having to know too much about theme design. The WooNav addition looks great and the elimination of the default admin user is something we talked about in our last post on WordPress security.
This will be a major release that should be tested in a non-production environment before being deployed on your server. 318 will be ready to help you with this upgrade when it’s released – call us at 877.318.1318 to schedule an appointment today!
