WordPress 2.8 Beta is Out

Posted by : Dexter Panganiban on May 16, 2009 | ; Filed Under Wordpress

Just a quick post WordPress 2.8 beta is now released and you can try it out. So if anyone of you wants to try out the new WordPress version you may do so by downloading it here . There is no final name and released date for this version and there are lots of changes.

The WordPress 2.8 Beta Version is not yet stable. and there are still open issues. But the list of changes shown in Codex tells me that I really need to watch out for this latest version to be stable. More Updates here

Anybody tried it ? What is your impression ?

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10 Responses to “WordPress 2.8 Beta is Out”

zalds on May 17th, 2009 1:09 am

aha.. another upgrade of wordpress
you know wordpress is updating their system like a regular tv series.. which is good actually.

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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

@zalds,
OO nga ha ha.. good for us wordpress users

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Jehzeel Laurente on May 17th, 2009 2:42 pm

wooot.. di pa nga ako nag update to 2.7 may 2.8 na.. hintayin ko nalang 3.0 hehe

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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 10:21 pm

@Jehzeel Laurente,

ha ha ha.. hirap nga gumalaw kapag di pa stable.. hintay mode muna sa iba

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Hussein Reply:
May 19th, 2009 at 1:21 am
@Jehzeel Laurente, magupdate ka na. maganda ang 2.7 kasi may automatic update na. one click na lng.

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Rob Angeles on May 17th, 2009 4:58 pm

I have seen the features when they released their latest post and it is very exciting and impressive. When the final product is release, I’ll try to switch to the Thesis theme.

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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
May 17th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

@Rob Angeles,

Hmm .. let me know your experience with 2.8 if you have switched to it..

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slavezero on May 19th, 2009 9:26 pm

The new features are good, I love the new widget interface… but I think I’ll wait for the final release

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Nino Natividad on May 28th, 2009 4:05 am

WordPress rocks! Thank you for the post.

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Dexter Reply:
May 29th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
@Nino Natividad,

Your welcome I am also waiting for the stable version of this WordPress

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