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Yesterday, Ryan Boren announced Wordpress 2.6 beta 1. I’ve just upgraded to it. Among the cool new features are post revision tracking, which I’ve talked about before, and Google Gears support, which is very cool. I think I wrote about that before too.

There is also better support for SSL for the admin area, and bulk plugin management, as well as a bunch of other stuff (you have to read the post to see it all).

It doesn’t look any different to 2.5 (no surprises there) but there are some nifty little new functions, like the theme selector - when you click a theme it previews, like on wp.com, which is definitely cool.

I’m looking forward to the final 2.6.

I’ve actually put the latest version of Wordpress 2.5 online, on a seperate install, and to be honest, it’s really good. The new admin interface is far nicer than the old one, I think, and the moving around, especially in the post area, is especially welcome. It’s a great upgrade.
The final release is due for the 10th, and from what I can see of the wp-testers list, it will be out “on time” which is great :D
There are still some bugs, but I’m sure that they will be addressed soon :)