WordPress 2.1 is out



The WordPress 2.1 version, called Ella, is out. It comes packed with some really nice changes, check it out:

  • Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.
  • Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.
  • You can 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.
  • Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.
  • The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.
  • Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions.
  • New search engine privacy option allows you take you to indicate your blog shouldn’t ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.

You can download it here.

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3 Responses to “WordPress 2.1 is out”

  1. Webbster on January 23, 2007 8:42 am

    Just upgraded a recently created site to 2.1 and it is teh sexy.

    > You can set any “page” to be the front page of your site.

    You can ? Woah !
    They just made two Semilogic plugins redundant.

  2. Daniel on January 23, 2007 9:07 am

    Yeah that front page feature is really neat, it will certainly expand the use of WordPress as a content management platform

  3. Garry on January 28, 2007 3:13 pm

    Just upgraded my blog and it went fine. All my plugins worked fine too which was a bit of a worry. A happy blogger :)

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