What’s coming up in WordPress 3.0
A beta version of the next version of WordPress has recently been released, you can test it but you shouldn’t use it on a live website. If you don’t have the time, I tested it for you, so here are the new functions coming in WordPress 3.0.
1. Meet Twenty Ten: the new default theme
Kubrick has been the default theme for WordPress since the beginning of the blog engine, it was definitly time to change it. Done!
2. New step in the installer
This not only makes it easier to remember your login information, it also lets you know if your password is too weak and helps you to get rid of the “admin” first username, thus making it harder to guess what the first user’s login is. A small change that helps to improve the security of your blog.
3. Create custom content types
This one looks a lot like Drupal’s CCK, basically it allows you to create new kinds of content. You can set a number of arguments to this new function that makes WordPress much more flexible, see how to create custom content types.
4. Custom menu system
Another step towards the CMS for WordPress, this new functionality makes it very easy to create custom menus mixing categories, pages or custom urls.
5. WordPress merges with WordPress MU
Want to create your own blog network? It become much easier with WordPress integrating the multi-users version’s functionalities. See how to enable this here.
6. Custom background from the admin
Not a huge feature, but you can now go in your admin to change your blog’s background color or image.
7. Author templates
The author pages templating becomes easier and works pretty much like categories templating now.
8. Admin UI improvements
Some minor visual and functional improvements have been applied to the admin.
Looking forward to getting stuck in!
Kubrick wasn’t the first default WordPress theme. Classic was there before. When Kubrick showed up everybody was ooh! and aah!
Looks to be really cool. For some reason, I’m really excited to get rid of “admin” to login by default. Can’t wait to tinker around with it.
Great! Like step 2. New step in the installer. I get too many customers contacting asking me to re set or to change there details. Very annoying
Some very well-thought out features.
These features are going to be awesome. I can’t wait till it’s released
I like WP 3 but will have tested once its is on production version…..Due to WP3, i have seen that many premium WP themes have gone on sales and with better offers, have anyone noted that..
As a relative noobie to WP, even I can see the benefits of the above! I, too, am looking forward to seeing the back of “admin”, but I have no idea why.
I can’t help but feel that the more that is controlled by the admin is going to make themes harder to install and look right first. Changing backgroud colours in the admin is a bit pointless when is a simple line of code that even a newbie to css would know. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick. I guess is could be good for those who are using stand themes and want to become a “designer”
Custom menus on the other hand will be amazing for when we use wordpress as a CMS.
Wordpress 3.0 works perfectly, but I am still missing the way to save different sets of plugins and only having to turn on or off the set, I am missing the ability to quick select the categories, just start typing the name of the category and this is filter for easier selection, I am missing a better image resizing or editing, anyway, I love wordpress.