Ella, the WordPress 2.1!
Filed in: WordPress — January 23rd, 2007
As soon as I upgraded LiewCF.com to use WordPress 2.0.7, WordPress.org released WordPress 2.1 “Ella”. That is only a week after WP2.0.7 was released! Ouch!
Ella? Ella Fitzgerald, is a jazz vocalist. List of Ella Fitzgerald’s most popular albums
Besides over 550 bug fixes, WordPress 2.1 included the following new features:
- Autosave when writing new draft.
- Tabbed editor to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly.
- Lossless XML import/export — easily moving content between WordPress blogs.
- Spell checking added to visual editor.
- Search engine pricacy option allows you to hide your blog from search engines.
- Set a WordPress Page as the front page of your blog, simulate a CMS site.
- More efficient and faster database code.
- Support sub-categories in blogroll.
- Login screen redesigned (Shuttle project).
- More AJAX controls for faster and easier management in WordPress Admin panel.
- Pages can be drafts or private.
- WordPress Admin panel loads faster and more visually consistent.
- Dashboard RSS feeds updates instantly and asynchronously in the background.
- Comments feeds include all the comments.
- Better internationalization and support for right-to-left languages.
- Upload Manager lets you easily manage pictures, video, and audio.
- Akismet 2.0 plugin bundled.
- Some hidden easter egges.
Wow! That’s a great list of new features! I have to back to WordPress upgrade very soon…
Unlike previous 2.0.6 to 2.0.7, WP2.1 is a major upgrade. Instead of replacing a few updated files, you need to do the complete WordPress upgrade.
The WordPress 2.1 was released only a week after WordPress 2.0.7 was. That’s very fast! But don’t be surprised by more updates soon, because the WP team decided to have a more frequent release schedule.
We’ve decided to shift to a more frequent release schedule like Ubuntu, with major releases coming several times a year. So, for the first time in WordPress’ history, I have an answer to when the next version is coming out: April 23rd.
Oh well, shall I wait for WP 2.2?
Sick of manual WordPress updates? Please vote for the idea “Easy Updating of WordPress“! Hopefully they will implement it in WP 2.2. 
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January 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 am
Great… its out! Gonna update it now.. .hehe..
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:30 pm
you can’t “DUH!” it man because it’s already well known that wordpress 2.1 will follow very closely when 2.07 was announced. 2.07 was released because of the issues with 2.06…
anyway, the Visual Rich Text editor is still messy to use. hahaha!
January 23rd, 2007 at 3:56 pm
opensource is fast.
January 23rd, 2007 at 5:54 pm
“Set a WordPress Page as the front page of your blog, simulate a CMS site.”
That for me is the best thing about 2.1
I think i’ll wait till later before upgrading, maybe around 2.1.2
January 24th, 2007 at 12:45 am
will the plugins for 2.0.x work for 2.1???
January 24th, 2007 at 3:45 am
WP 2.2 is still a long way to go. Might wait for WP 2.1.1 or 2.1.2 for some bug fixes.
Anybody who upgraded to 2.1 has any plugin issues?
January 24th, 2007 at 6:04 am
as Mossie`Ol Chin said..WordPress announce that 2.0.6 will be the last release of 2.0.x and then after 10 days they release a version for including some bug fixes and then announce that the 2.1 version will be release by the end of the month..and here we go
aquazero - you can see here a list of the plugins supported with 2.1
January 24th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
[...] Along with the release of WordPress 2.1, the Akismet 2.0 (read previous review) is also available now. Here are some of the new features of Akismet 2.0: [...]
January 24th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
my 1st comment…. what should the best way to upgrade to the latest WP? Fullbackup? this at least ensure your already running blog is still running if any fault happened. or just partial backup? what software to use? thanks for any reply. Im newbie so do not shoot me. or kill me(have to say this..nanti salah interpret lagi).
January 24th, 2007 at 9:33 pm
this is new info for me..i also using wordpress. i will find and update my wordpress now..thanks..
January 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm
joneh, if your host has fantastico, do a 1-click upgrade.
January 25th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
malique: can i click while already using worpress? duhh question need urgent answer.
January 26th, 2007 at 2:18 am
fantastico already updated to latest wordpress version? Sometimes we still need to do manual upgrade for wordpress when fantastico does not support new version upgrade.
January 26th, 2007 at 3:14 am
It wasn’t so bad! The upgrade process was stimulating enough that I wrote an “Upgrade Tips” post with my process…. if anyone wants to read it, the permalink is http://foxhavenjournal.com/2007/01/25/upgrade-tips-for-wordpress-21-ella/
I wouldn’t want to do it very often however… I like the “Easy Updating of WordPress” idea too. For a non-coder like me, I guess this is as easy at it gets for now. And LcF is right- fantastico upgrade was not available yet… but I think I learned more from the process on this particular blog.
January 26th, 2007 at 3:16 am
thanks LcF. confirmed manual upgrade then. and thanks for visiting my blog. an honor for me. Malaysian unites!
January 26th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
Hello LiewCF this is my very first comment here
btw .. maybe you should read this article about the security issue for wordpress below 2.1
January 27th, 2007 at 12:32 am
just wanna inform that i use the manual backup.. i ftp everything to my harddisk. and then use phpAdmin to backup my Sql. then only i clicked the Upgrade to 2.1 in the fantastico. it works!!! so quick… but later on i realized my blog displaying slowly then before. or is it just coincidence with my slow streamyx connection>>>???
January 27th, 2007 at 2:38 am
Thanks for the link, Reaper-X.
@Joneh: I don’t think WP2.1 will slow down your blog. In fact, your blog should run faster with its optimized code. Are you still having slow WP blog?
January 28th, 2007 at 11:05 pm
hi there again… can anyone here help me..coz wordpress team seems “busy” to answer my dilemma. upgraded 2.1 with evrything backup and using fantatisco function to upgrade it. but it seems to hang my browser and the whole pc system. im using firefox 2.0.0.1 with XP SP2. 1G RAM. it uses my cpu 100%. its lika virus or something. i’ve waited like 10-20 minutes when it finally loaded… the footer gone! help anyone pls.!!
January 28th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
sorry for the panic query. i got it solved. after reading all the php coding and 3 coffee big glass and big swollen eyes. its the *&^% page-navi plugin. updated and working flawlessly so far. faster somemore… Heehhee..sorry Mr. LiewCF. and thanks for visiting my site again. blog buzz is good.