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5 Great Features in WordPress 2.9

Posted in WordPress | By AhTim @ December 24th, 2009

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I have upgraded this blog to WordPress 2.9 few days ago. Not major upgrade from version 2.8, yet a version you should not miss. There are at least 5 great features should motivate you go for the upgrade.

  1. Trash – Now when you delete post, page or comment it will go to trash instead of permanent deletion. Therefore you could restore it back when it is needed (or accidentally deleted).
  2. Image Editor – You can now crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images with built-in image editor easily. No external software needed mean you will stay in WordPress for longer. :)
  3. Batch Plugin Update – Upgrade plugin one by one is tedious. Now it allow you to upgrade multiple plugins at once. It also using the new compatibility data from the plugins directory to make sure the compatibility with your WordPress.
  4. Easier Video Embeds – Simply paste the video URL it convert to embed code automatically. Now support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket and more.
  5. Database Optimization – Support trick to activate automatic WordPress optimization! Just Edit wp-config.php file and add in define(‘WP_ALLOW_REPAIR’, true);. I have activated it, how about you?

Post with WordPress 2.9 introduction short clip.


What are you waiting for? Download WordPress 2.9 or upgrade automatically in WordPress Dashboard today.

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2 Responses to “5 Great Features in WordPress 2.9”

  1. Windows 7 Talkz Says:
    December 26th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    I have upgraded my blog to wordpress 2.9. So far, I only tried the trash function where I accidentally delete my post and luckily I can recover it from trash. This is a great function.

  2. Pendants Says:
    January 1st, 2010 at 11:53 pm

    you would like to help out with testing WP 2.9, read the new post on the Dev Blog, Getting involved with the 2.9 beta testing, which will point you to the WordPress Beta Tester plugin

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