WordPress 2.1 (codename "Ella") has just been released from WordPress.org, providing many key improvements. This release symbolizes a major landmark in blogging software development. It looks like it might be time for us to do an upgrade. Just a few of the awesome improvements are listed below:
- Spell checking included in the completely redone visual editor.
- Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
- New Version of Akismet plugin.
- Redesigned login screen.
- Set any "page" to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.
- Tabbed editor allowing you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.
- Lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.
- New search engine privacy option allows you to indicate if your blog shouldn't ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.
- Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions.
- Blogroll links now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
- More AJAX to make custom fields, moderation, deletions, and more all faster. Comments page now lets you approve or unapprove things instantly.
- Pages can now be drafts, or private.
- Admin has been refreshed to load faster and be more visually consistent.
- Comment feeds now include all the comments, not just the last 10.
- Better internationalization and support for right-to-left languages.
- The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.
