Wordpress 2.7 "Coltrane" Released

So WordPress 2.7 codenamed “Coltrane” is released today, I have done the liberty of downloading and installing this wonderful content management system and am already quite impressed with the administration changes that where done from 2.6.5 to 2.7. The entire interface seems to have change slightly but has made it even easier for me to locate things and navigate around. I am at the moment just taking it for a test drive and am completely happy with the changes that are made. So I guess there is nothing more to say than WordPress 2.7 is the way to go if you want to get your blog on.

I have found that so far all the plugins work properly and K2 themes still work as they should. I still wish another K2 update would roll out but that is another story all together.

Overall I think that the new 2.7 release is a very polished and professional peice of software. I thank the entire WordPress team for making this version a reality and look forward to what is next from them.

Take a look at the interface

WordPress 2.7 Dashboard

WordPress Plugins Page

What you will notice first about the interface is that instead of the overhead bar now everything is aligned to the right side. Using the side to hold all your navigation makes great use of dropdown menus that will allow you to quickly navigate from page to page and all about your WordPress administration panel.

WordPress 2.7 adds these features:

XMLRPC Comments API (Ticket 7446)
Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation (Ticket 7643)
Sticky Posts (Ticket 7457)
Theme update api, like we do for plugins (Ticket 7519)
Dashboard and write box rearranging (write box in trunk)
One-click plugin installs (Ticket 6015)
Reply to comments from admin (Ticket 7435)
Core updating (Ticket 5560)
Frame-like method for moderating ping/trackbacks
Plugin browser embedded (Ticket 6015)
PHPXref hosted on WordPress.org
Separate Large and Full image sizes, related improvements (Ticket 7151)
Comment threading (Ticket 7635)
Comment paging
Batch and inline editing (Ticket 6815)
HTTPOnly cookies
Column hiding for all management pages
Post box hiding for all edit pages

Upgrades and install over SFTP
Template Tag wp_page_menu wrapper for wp_list_pages and support for Home page (Ticket 7698)

Matt from WordPress.org writes:

The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version.

So as you can see that much work has gone into polishing up WordPress 2.7, so go on, don’t be a hater and give it a spin!