WordPress 2.7 – Getting to Know All About You!

[singing] Getting to know you, Getting to know all about you. Getting to like you, Getting to hope you like me. Getting to know you, Putting it my way, But nicely, You are precisely, My cup of tea.[/singing]

Enough of that, lets get into the good stuff and see what’s going on with WordPress’s latest install of 2.7.

WordPress 2.7 Dashboard ScreenShot

Right away you can see the UI changes that were made to the dashboard and the overall backend of WordPress. There area several great changes that were made, most of which are discussed below.

Dashboard Show On Screen Options

You now have the ability to easily change what widgets or windows are available on your dashboard

Help Tab

The help tab is available on every screen. On the dashboard there is some helpful tips and a link to WordPress Documentation and Support Forums.

Left Navigation

The top navigation have been replaced with a left nav. You can see the left nav and all the available options in the images to the left.

New Post Drop Down

A “New Post” drop down has been created. Allowing quick and easy access to post new content on the fly.

Direct Plug-in Search & Install

GREAT NEWS!!! You can now search and install plug-ins directly from your wordpress backend. I found a bug though, if you have the WordPress Auto Update plugin you won’t be able to directly install plugins. You’ll be ok though, read below.

Direct WordPress Upgrading

MORE GREAT NEWS!!! You can now upgrade your wordpress install directly from the backend without the use of a 3rd party plug-in.

Bulk Editing

EVEN MORE GREAT NEWS!!! Now you can edit Posts, Pages and Comments as bulk items!

Posts Page Views

Two post views. The standard view we are all used to and an excerpt view that shows some content from your post
I hope this post was helpful in adjusting you to the new WordPress UI.