Download WordPress 2.7 Beta 1

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-01-2008, 01:43 PM

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1

By Ryan Boren. Filed under Releases.
The first public beta of WordPress 2.7 is here at last. Join the thousands of people already testing 2.7 by downloading 2.7 Beta 1. As previously mentioned on this blog, 2.7 is bringing a new visual design. This design is almost completely implemented, but there are still a few areas that aren’t quite finished in Beta 1. There are also several glitches in certain browsers. Beta 1 provides the best experience in Firefox and Safari. Don’t worry, we are working on IE and Opera and will have those looking good in time for the final release.
Speaking of the final release, it will not be available on November 10th as originally scheduled. We are two weeks behind schedule at the moment. We need a little more time to finish the visual design, do a round of user testing against that finished design, and do a proper round of public beta testing. Our plan is to keep working as if Nov. 10 is still the release date. However, instead of releasing the final 2.7 on the 10th, we will make a release candidate available instead. The release candidate is intended to be a high-quality, almost-finished release that we are comfortable recommending for broad use. After Nov. 10, the focus will be on fixing high impact bugs turned up by those of you testing the release candidate. I suspect 2.7 will be ready for final release by the end of November. A specific date will be set as we progress through the public beta cycle and get a feel for how solid the release is.
Get WordPress 2.7 Beta 1.

**Nick R** · 11-01-2008, 06:01 PM

Very nice! I like the new Admin interface... although it will take some getting used to.

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-01-2008, 07:33 PM

I haven't had a chance to play with it yet

**glennybee** · 11-01-2008, 08:26 PM

Just about to install a fresh wordpress, will give this a whirl.

Thanks

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-01-2008, 08:30 PM

take some screen shots if you have the time please

I haven't even seen those yet, it says the admin panel is redesigned.

**Nick R** · 11-02-2008, 03:00 AM

Here are two screen shots. The first one is of the Admin Dashboard.
The second is of the screen when editing a post.

.... just to give you an idea.

**Brandon Sheley** · 11-02-2008, 06:11 AM

Thanks Nick
it looks sweet!

what are the excerpts all about?

**Brandon Sheley** · 12-13-2008, 10:02 PM

100,000 in 20 Ryan Boren
wow
100k dl in 20 hours

wordpress 2.7 is out in GOLD now, no reason not to check it out

redpower · 12-16-2008, 08:34 AM

yeah... need to upgrade again for security and save blogging...

**Rocket 442** · 12-16-2008, 08:45 AM

I just finally got some time to update my personal site to 2.7 last night.

**Brandon Sheley** · 12-16-2008, 09:09 AM

I upgraded 3 of my blogs, still haven't updated the comments section, does anyone have a working demo of the new comments area?

**Rocket 442** · 12-16-2008, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

I upgraded 3 of my blogs, still haven't updated the comments section, does anyone have a working demo of the new comments area?

Heres one I'm working on, with the threaded comments
This is a test

**Brandon Sheley** · 12-16-2008, 10:00 AM

so it just allows replies to comments? isn't the a mod for the older version that did this too
I need to update my comments php files, or pay someone to do it

**Rocket 442** · 12-16-2008, 06:26 PM

There are a few mods that did this, in a few different ways.

I personally really like IntenseDebate but I get a bit nervous with using outside mods with comments and possibly losing them at a later date if the site shuts down or stops updating with the wordpress updates.