Wordpress 2.7 Demo From Matt Mullenweg

Written by Allen Stern - October 5, 2008

Earlier today we posted the "State of the Word" presentation by Wordpress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. After his presentation, Matt spent some time demonstrating the upcoming 2.7 release of Wordpress. I've embedded the video below. Wordpress 2.7 will be available in November.

Matt begins by explaining that eventually everything in Wordpress will have an associated API for extending the service. The new interface looks awesome. The posting functionality of Wordpress is one of the things I wish Drupal had. I find that Drupal can be extended further than Wordpress but the posting usability is WAY better in Wordpress than Drupal. The 2.7 admin interface appears to be even more usable than the current version.

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Submitted by Mr K on October 5, 2008 - 10:28pm.

Hmm looks good. I wonder if it finally now includes the ability to AUTO update wordpress code, just as it can with blogs

"taking your blog offline"
"Installing wordpress update"
"putting your blog online"
"done"

Otherwise .. looks great, lots of good changes

Submitted by Shane on October 7, 2008 - 1:46pm.

Yes. This part of the update code is working using the ftp, ssh2, or direct writing method protocols.

Submitted by Chetan on October 6, 2008 - 12:00am.

Great great interface.

Now just awaiting for Nov 10th for the release of this new version!

Submitted by Brad Hart @ A DoFollow Blog on October 22, 2008 - 1:46pm.

The shiny new interface is horrid and will confuse most current users. They seem to have taken a lesson from microsoft in how to build a program. I have been testing it and the thing is horridly bloated, lots of flash but little improvement. Did I mention the new interface sucks?

Submitted by antje wilsch on October 6, 2008 - 3:23am.

god he makes me feel OLD

Submitted by Anonymous on October 17, 2008 - 6:41am.

Same. And I'm only ten months older.

Submitted by Adi on October 6, 2008 - 5:41am.

Does anyone have any idea which ajax framework does wordpress 2.7 use? the AJAXY stuff looks sexy

www.contentxn.com

Submitted by michael mckee on October 16, 2008 - 1:36pm.

jQuery

Submitted by Jeff Hester on October 6, 2008 - 5:38pm.

Thanks for sharing this. Yet another reason to look forward to November!

Submitted by Shiva on October 6, 2008 - 8:43pm.