{"id":477,"date":"2008-12-11T02:28:57","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T02:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/development\/?p=477"},"modified":"2021-06-04T11:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T11:59:23","slug":"coltrane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2008\/12\/coltrane\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 2.7 "Coltrane""},"content":{"rendered":"

The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster<\/strong> in 2.7 than it did in a previous version. (Download it now<\/a>, or read on for more.)<\/p>\n

Next you’ll begin to notice the new features subtly sprinkled through the new interface: the new dashboard that you can arrange with drag and drop to put the things most important to you on top, QuickPress, comment threading, paging, and the ability to reply to comments from your dashboard, the ability to install any plugin directly from WordPress.org with a single click, and sticky posts.<\/p>\n

Digging in further you might notice that every screen is customizable. Let’s say you never care about author on your post listings — just click “Screen Options” and uncheck it and it’s instantly gone from the page. The same for any module on the dashboard or write screen. If your screen is narrow and the menu is taking up too much horizontal room, click the arrow to minimize it to be icon-only, and then go to the write page and drag and drop everything from the right column into the main one, so your posting area is full-screen. (For example I like hiding everything except categories, tags, and publish. I put categories and tags on the right, and publish under the post box.)<\/p>\n

For a visual introduction to what 2.7 is, check out this video (available in HD, and full screen):<\/p>\n

It’s all about you. It’s the next generation of WordPress, which is why we’ve bestowed it with the honor of being named for John Coltrane<\/a>. And you can download it today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last, but certainly not least, this may be the last time you ever have to manually upgrade WordPress again<\/strong>. We heard how tired you were of doing upgrades for yourself and your friends, so now WordPress includes a built-in upgrade that will automatically notify you of new releases, and when you’re ready it will download them, install them, and upgrade your blog with a single click.<\/p>\n

(As with any interface change it may take a little bit of time to acclimate yourself but soon you’ll find yourself whizzing through the screens. Even people who have hated it at first tell us after a few days they wonder how they got by before.)<\/p>\n

The Story Behind 2.7<\/h3>\n

The real reason Coltrane is such a huge leap forward is because the community was so involved with every step of the process. Over 150 people contributed code directly to the release<\/strong>, our highest ever, with many tens of thousands more participating in the polls, surveys, tests, mailing lists, and other feedback mechanisms the WordPress dev team used in putting this release together.<\/p>\n

For some of the back story in the development of 2.7, check out these blog posts (thanks to WeblogToolsCollection<\/a> for the list):<\/p>\n