WordPress 2.9 Enhancements Every Developer Must Know
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You can read the full list of new features, changes, upgrades, and improvements on the Codex. Following is our list of resources for more significant features/changes from developer’s point of view:
Post Thumbnails
New Excerpt Filters
- Quick & Easy Excerpt Mods Coming in WordPress 2.9
Sidebar Descriptions
Custom Post Types
Filter User Contact
New Templates Based on Slug
Enhancements For Users
Image Editor
Trash Status
- How to use Trash feature in WordPress 2.9 Version
- Configure WordPress Trash
- Taking Out The WordPress Trash
Media Embed
Other Important Enhancements & Features
WordPress 2.9 offers many other enhancements and features that will further strengthen its position as one of the best publishing platform. Here are few more notable enhancements and features you should be aware of:
- Batch Plugin Update:
You will now be able to upgrade multiple plugins with one click from our WordPress Admin Panel - Comment Metadata:
Metadata for comments is just like it is for posts, pages, and users. Allowing developers to easily highlight comments of various types (e.g., popular etc). - User Registration via XMLRPC:
You can now enable user registration through a XMLRPC client … - Optimize / Repair Database:
WordPress has added a new feature which allows you to optimize / repair your database. You can activate this function by setting WP_ALLOW_REPAIR=true in your wp-config file. … - Custom Theme Directories:
Wordpress 2.9 introduces register_theme_directory() …
Additional Resources
- Excerpts and taxonomies for pages in WordPress 2.9
- Geeky bits in WordPress 2.9
- 10 Things You Need to Know About WordPress 2.9
We hope you found this post useful and timely, and remember to share any additional WordPress 2.9 resources for developers that we may have missed.
From: http://www.w3avenue.com/2009/12/17/wordpress-29-enhancements-every-developer-must-know/
