WordPress 3.3 Is Out!

by on December 13, 2011 in WordPress

Release details taken from the Official WordPress Codex.

  • Easier Uploading
    • File Type Detection – A single upload button.
    • Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader
  • Dashboard Design
    • New Toolbar in the dashboard, combining the Admin Bar and admin header
    • Responsive design for some screens, including iPad/tablet support
    • Flyout menus, providing single-click access to any screen
  • New User Experience
    • New feature pointers, helping users navigate new features
    • Post-update About screen
    • Dashboard welcome area for new installs
  • Content Tools
    • Better co-editing that releases post locks immediately
    • Tumblr Importer
    • Don’t lose widgets when switching themes
  • Under the Hood improvements
    • Use the postname permalink structure without a performance penalty
    • Improved Editor API
    • is_main_query() function and WP_Query method
    • Remove a number of funky characters from post slugs
    • jQuery 1.7.1 and jQuery UI 1.8.16
    • A new Screen API for adding help documentation and adapting to screen contexts
    • Improved metadata API
  • Performance improvements and hundreds of bug fixes

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2 Responses to “WordPress 3.3 Is Out!”

  1. Michael February 1, 2012 at 7:33 pm # Reply

    As a small business owner who runs his website off of WordPress, KI really look forward to the easier uploading option. Thanks for the information.

    • Tony Oravet February 3, 2012 at 4:52 am # Reply

      I agree..the drag and drop upload feature is very nice!

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