WordPress 1.2 Released!

Finally, WordPress 1.2 is released on May 22, 2004. :grin:

From Matt: “I am very proud to announce the immediate availability of the much-anticipated 1.2 “Mingus” release of WordPress. You can download it through the usual methods, though it usually takes a few hours for the SourceForge mirrors to catch up with everything. There are so many new features it’s almost too much for this post, but I’ll squeeze them in. You can view the full changelog on the wiki.”

Among the many new features and improvements, here are what I like:

• Sub-categories: Categories can be arranged hierarchically and infinitely deep. Multiple categories combined with sub-categories gives WordPress the most comprehensive taxonomy system of any blogging software available.
• Automatic Thumbnail Creation System: WordPress has a refined upload feature that automatically creates thumbnails any size you want.
• Advanced comment moderation: You can now fine-tune your moderation filters in a manner very similar to blacklists for other weblog tools. There is also mass-editing of comments, which makes it a snap to delete hundreds of comments with the click of a button, if necessary.
• Post preview: Near-instant previews while writing or editing articles help you proofread and make improvements before finally presenting your work of art to the world.
• Spam Comments Filters: Now you don’t have to worry about your blog turning into a billboard. Now you can specify the number of links and common spam keywords that mark a new comment as suspected spam.
• Protected Email addresses: Email addresses of commenters or authors are never publicly displayed. Post and comment with confidence.
• Performance improvements: The average number of database queries have been reduced to at about 25% of the previous versions, for a lower load on the server and improved and faster performance.

Thought:
Hmm… going to upgrade to WP1.2. :)

The sub categories feature is what I wanted from WP for a very long time, finally it is implemented. :) Thumbnail creation make image posting much easier now! Post preview is a feature in b2 but gone in WP, now it is back! WP1.2 has better anti spam comment now.