---
title: WordPress 2.5 Released
date: 2008-03-29 23:34:42
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2008/03/29/wordpress-25-released/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - WordPress
tags:
  - "2.5"
  - WordPress
---

[WordPress 2.5](http://wordpress.org/development/2008/03/wordpress-25-brecker/) has been released and [WordPress.org](http://wordpress.org) has a refreshed look based on WordPress 2.5 new redesigned administration backend.

**New User Features in WordPress 2.5**

- Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
- Dashboard Widgets
- Multi-file upload with progress bar
- Bonus: EXIF extraction
- Search posts and pages
- Tag management
- Password strength meter
- Concurrent editing protection
- Few-click plugin upgrades
- Friendlier visual post editor
- Built-in galleries

**New Developer Features in WordPress 2.5**

- Salted passwords
- Secure cookies
- Easy taxonomy and URL creation
- Inline documentation
- Database optimization
- $wpdb->prepare()
- Media buttons
- Shortcode API

Download: [WordPress 2.5](http://wordpress.org/latest.zip)