WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. WordPress has released 3 series this year with some new kickass features.

WordPress Major Release - WordPress 3 Logo

WordPress 3 Features -

Wordpress and WPMU merge

Products like BuddyPress will be attached on Wordpress. That way we can develop one kind of theme for all the products. The Wordpress CODEX will probably be extended with some new actions.

Media Gallery

With version 3.0, we will have some really good improvements to the Media Gallery.

New Default Theme

Wordpress default theme, the great KUBRIK, is attached with us many years now. WordPress is improving, that is why they are focusing now on new improvements to the default theme. As WordPress team announced, they want to make a theme which can actually produce child themes. Minimal Design, Clean Code and Big Blue Header.

Core Development WorkFlow

Wordpress are actually changing the way they will work. Mini – project Teams, Bug ticket triage and daily updates to wpdevel.wordpress.org more beta testers and one promise we all want to see! “Sticking to scope and Schedule”. You can see the new UI features and read more about all that in the new mailing list, http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-ui

Download the WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 now!