WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is available for download. Version 2.8 contains improvements to themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed and has over 790 bug fixes.
Highlights:
- New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API
- Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors
- Browse the theme directory and install themes from the admin
- Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns
- Allow configuring the number of items to show on management pages with an option in Screen Options
- Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
- Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
- Faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation.
Check out the official WordPress blog for more information on this latest version.