WordPress MU 2.6 beta 1 is now available. WordPress 2.6 is due forrelease shortly and it’s already on it’s third beta so it’s times forWordPress MU to be updated.
This release has many new features as well as a few security fixes. In his
beta 1,
beta 2 and
beta 3posts Ryan listed some of the main features, including postrevisioning, gears support for faster loading, theme previews, betterSSL support and much much more.
WordPress MU specific changes include:
- The version number is being bumped to 2.6 rather than 1.6 becauseof version confusion. Minor MU versions will probably append a letterto the version.
- Signup page now has a nonce to help defeat spammers.
- Plugins in wp-content/plugins/ are version checked like in WordPress. mu-plugins isn’t covered just yet.
- Major object cache changes.
- And many more bug fixes. Check the timeline for a list of changes.
Download
wordpress-mu-2.6-beta1.zip
