Comments on: 10 Things You Need To Know About WordPress 2.8

By: worddreams

worddreams — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:27:43 +0000

Great info. I’ve got the summer off teaching and I’m going to learn this blogging stuff or die trying. Or, have the kids run right past me in fall. Now that’s scary…

By: This Eclectic Life

This Eclectic Life — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:59:39 +0000

For about two posts I was able to use the Flash uploader for the pictures in my posts (it never worked before, and I had to use the browser uploader). Then, it just quit working and I’m back to the browser uploader. What a pain. I was searching for a fix, and found you on Google.

By: Elliot

Elliot — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:22:43 +0000

Is anyone else having an issue with scheduled posts on WP 2.8? My scheduled posts are now missing the schedule and I can’t post in advance. This didn’t happen with 2.7 or previous versions.

By: Addison

Addison — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:49:11 +0000

Excellent! WordPress has come a long way in the past year or two. The functionality and load times are incredibly better, they have some great programmers over there. I am stuck on wordpress, I have tried other blog platforms but the open source aspect of wordpress has made it an amazing app.

By: Vitamin Cafe

Vitamin Cafe — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:09:07 +0000

just upgraded mine and not to mention your findings really came in handy…thanks for sharing mate..

By: Frumusete

Frumusete — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:39:29 +0000

Good work Jonathan

By: Loan Quotes

Loan Quotes — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:28:25 +0000

The compression feature is definitely a great improvement upgrade, though I’m still hesitant to do the upgrade seeing the kind of problems mentioned by Jaco above.

If this article didn’t caught my attention I wouldn’t have considered upgrading, but now it’s on my to-do list!

By: Jaco

Jaco — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:31:21 +0000

Hi, just upgraded to the latest 2.8 version.

When editing a page all the format editing options has disapeared, text typed in the window is blank but re-appears after swiching back between HML and VISUAL tabs.
Any idea how to fix that ?

By: Andrew Mager

Andrew Mager — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:45:53 +0000

Great article, I can’t wait to use it.

By: amy

amy — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:28:07 +0000

I’m looking forward to getting my hands on it!

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:34:50 +0000

WordPress 2.8 RC1 is available this morning. I expect an RC2 tomorrow. Stable on Wednesday.

By: Michelle Vandepas

Michelle Vandepas — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:20:58 +0000

Woaw.. And I thought my 11 plugins were a lot!

By: Sunil

Sunil — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:52:24 +0000

nicely writter. looking forward for wordpress 2.8

By: Craigslist Search

Craigslist Search — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 06:38:07 +0000

Has anyone done any performance & speed benchmarking with this version compared to 2.7.1 ?

By: dillon

dillon — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:34:23 +0000

Thanks for the great article, I use WordPress all the time and i have found it to be a good platform. I hope the new changes will make it even better!

By: Joel McLaughlin

Joel McLaughlin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:13:26 +0000

Excellent information. I hardly ever understand why I am upgrading my wordpress websites. One of my computers were having trouble uploading files and this update fixed it.

By: Jonathan Dingman

Jonathan Dingman — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:38:42 +0000

Thanks for all the great comments! 2.8 is going to ROCK!

I’ve been running it on my test site for quite some time now and I’ve been really happy with it. 2.8 should be hitting the streets this coming week, sometime around Wednesday.

Keep your eyes pealed!

By: henrik hammer

henrik hammer — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:10:11 +0000

aaah, great. Thx for info – and sry if I didn’t see that link, first time I read your article.

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:31:32 +0000

Write a plugin that removes the install_plugins capability. Use has_cap() or remove_cap() appropriately. Jonathan and I also do this for a living so if you want professional help, do email one of us. ;)

By: Aaron Brazell

Aaron Brazell — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:27:28 +0000

You’re using the Thesis theme. The article includes an editor note inline to the fix for Thesis users. Go read!

By: Craigslist Search

Craigslist Search — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:11:26 +0000

The biggest benefit I see is in the syntax highlighting. Other than that I think the features are nifty, yes. But nothing revolutionary.

Iâ€™s a very incremental change from 2.7.1. Line numbers for the plugin and theme editors is my favourite feature.

Also, I wonder if database tables will change

By: Kevin Douglas

Kevin Douglas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:22:29 +0000

Thanks for the great overview, Steve. I just started using WP 2.7, and love it. Now with these new enhancements, looks like I will be loving it more.

By: ã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¤ã‚½ãƒ³ (Jason)

ã‚¸ã‚§ã‚¤ã‚½ãƒ³ (Jason) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:21:18 +0000

I can’t wait to see the new release. There are a lot of features that should save everyone a good deal of time, as well as overhead costs. I do have one question, though … is it possible to (easily) disable the search & install of themes and plugins? I host quite a number of sites for friends and family, and they seem to be incredibly good at installing themes or plugins that include malicious code :/

By: Patricia Skinner

Patricia Skinner — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:19:23 +0000

I for one and happy! Faster load times was on my wish list–should make a huge difference if you work with multiple WordPress sites–sometimes I almost pull my hair out at frustration with slow load times. And plugins make it worse. Roll on 2.8 as far as I can see :)

By: Shiju Alex

Shiju Alex — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 09:30:38 +0000

Me with you.
I have been checking on wordpress recently (and some other tools as well) and faced the same issue very relevant.

Sometimes, it looks sort of ‘convergence’. Over the years, people have built different systems for different purposes. Now best of those systems and features are being brought together (look at Joomla going for granular permissions and Drupal going for user friendliness). Great developments at WordPress too…

Thanks for the good article.

By: henrik hammer

henrik hammer — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:37:11 +0000

I’ve installed latest 2.8 nightbuild at some of my sites, but have problems with the new Widget “editor” – I just can’t get the widgets to “move” when I drag them. I’ve tested with FF, Opera and Chrome, on Windows, Mac and Linux/Xubuntu.

Any clue if this is a common problem? Fixed when 2.8 is GA?

By: India Abroad

India Abroad — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:39:20 +0000

Very good info. I may consider upgrading sooner than I was planning, especially ’cause I want to try different theme for my site.

By: Himanshu

Himanshu — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:58:20 +0000

Is unusual pinging problem is also solved in this version?

By: scott

scott — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:16:33 +0000

Well done, Jonathan!

As a usability consultant, I eagerly await the new version.

Thank God WordPress developers employ user-centered design: that factor alone will propel WordPress far ahead of any other content managment system for years to come: proof-positive that usability provides for major competitive advantage.

Suggested next article: “How to easily upgrade to WP2.8 without losing anything from your current blog.”

Cheers, mate.
Scott :)

By: Geeee

Geeee — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:11:43 +0000

That’s great coverage for the new WordPress 2.8 I’ll get ready for the upgrade :D