Finally WordPress 2.9 (codename Carmen) is released offically. Update your WordPress 2.9 to enjoy all the new features from photo editing, easier video embed features, and more than 400 bug fixes.

First of all, let’s talk about the most notable features:

Thrash Bin

Now you when you choose to delete your posts, it will moved to the thrash bin instead of being deleted permanently. If you suddenly have change of mind, you can retrieve back that post (please note that in the default setting, the thrash bin will be emptied every 30 days, you may modify the period in your wp-config.php by adding [define( ‘EMPTY_TRASH_DAYS’, 10 );] where 10 is the value of how many days)

Image Editor

A pretty basic image editor that can be used to edit, rotate, scale and crop images. This feature is under the Media > [Choose your image] > Edit Image > Edit Image. It’s not any super duper photo editing features, but very helpful in case you need to modify your images without re-upload the whole image again.


 

There are quite an amount of features to be explain here, but above 2 are my favorite, the rest of the features can be found in WordPress Developers’ Blog to check out more about the new features on WordPress 2.9 or download the package at http://wordpress.org/download/ especially the photo editing features. This is indeed a great news Gift from WordPress Development group. Merry X’mas everyone, and start blogging your X’mas with the latest WordPress 2.9.