wordpress 2.3 – Changing Way

WordPress 2.3 on /.

WordPress 2.3 phones home, gets Slashdotted. /. article now includes Matt’s response, as well as the inevitable hundreds of comments. WordPress.org gets privacy policy.

WordPress.com doesn’t need to phone home, since it’s already there. It is governed by Automattic’s privacy policy.

WordPress 2.3: Tag your posts like it’s 2003

My favorite remark on WordPress 2.3 is Justin’s:Now you can tag your posts like it’s 2003! In another recent post, Justin draws attention to a photo that isn’t meant to capture the release of 2.3, but nonetheless does so beautifully.

The Tags Have Landed Here Too

Version 2.3 of WordPress classic is due for release on Monday. The main new feature is tagging.

This feature went in to WordPress.com today. The difference between tags and categories is most recent entry in the FAQ.

Taking a look at the support forum shows that WordPress.com had some scheduled downtime while the new code was pushed out. Since then, there have been very few support forum posts about tagging. That’s probably a good sign. On the other hand, the paucity of posts may reflect my being in a minority in considering tagging a very welcome new feature.

Having welcomed tagging, I must say that I am disappointed with how it’s implemented in WordPress.com. The tag links at the foot of this post seem to go to WordPress.com-wide tag pages, rather than to the tag pages specific to this blog. For example, the link from “wordpress 2.3” currently goes here, rather than here.