Word Press 2.8

**Farrhad A** · 11 June, 2009, 16:29 PM

Hi,

Anyone tried Word Press 2.8?

I just installed it, the appearance is the only change I have noticed till now.
Just messing around now.

Cheers!

**Marcell Purham** · 11 June, 2009, 16:32 PM

It rocks! They also fixed a few bugs haha

**lethalboom** · 11 June, 2009, 16:40 PM

I'm itching to try it!

I'm tempted to just go all the way and click 'upgrade', but I don't dare incase I don't like it! :P

**camp185** · 11 June, 2009, 17:06 PM

Have not updated my sites yet, but just finished installing it for a new client so I will see soon enough.

**CoreyFreeman** · 11 June, 2009, 18:10 PM

The theme editor is kind of irritating. I like the syntax highlighting, but copying and pasting is now a major irritation.

**camp185** · 11 June, 2009, 19:12 PM

Not jazzed on how you pick themes. There directory used to be great, but ever since 2.6 it's been hard to browse. Even going to WP's site makes it a pain to find the themes you like. They rely to heavily on their search.

**Nic SEO** · 11 June, 2009, 20:30 PM

Is there a risk for plugins compatibility?

**camp185** · 11 June, 2009, 21:50 PM

I just upgraded one site that had about 15 plugins. All works still.

**lethalboom** · 12 June, 2009, 07:16 AM

Originally Posted by camp185

Not jazzed on how you pick themes. There directory used to be great, but ever since 2.6 it's been hard to browse. Even going to WP's site makes it a pain to find the themes you like. They rely to heavily on their search.

I think Corey was referring to actually editing themes rather than picking them. That said, personally I've never actually used the WP Theme Directory, but I just Google for different wordpress related theme keywords and usually find some great stuff.

**Farrhad A** · 13 June, 2009, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Raider

I'm so disappointed with 2.8 that I'm looking to downgrade back to previous version. As for the admin inteface changes such as the widgets and plugins they f&*^ed it all up, adding crappy things here and there with no purpose at all.

Only advatanges is the new codepress editor which gives syntax highlighting to the previously-plain editor and a few others.

You may view all the new features, upgrades, changes for the new 2.8 version HERE.

Previous version Interface was just fine the way it was.

If I am not wrong you can switch back automatically right?
And thanks for the link, its what I needed to see.