---
title: WordPress 3.0 Released
date: 2010-06-18 08:17:34
permalink: https://lesterchan.net/blog/2010/06/18/wordpress-3-0-released/
author: Lester Chan
categories:
  - WordPress
tags:
  - "3.0"
  - WordPress
---

[WordPress 3.0](http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/) named “Thelonious” has been released.

> WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is [now available for download](http://wordpress.org/download/) (or [upgrade within your dashboard](http://codex.wordpress.org/Dashboard_Updates_SubPanel)). Major new features in this release include a sexy **new default theme called Twenty Ten**. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, [menus](http://codex.wordpress.org/Appearance_Menus_SubPanel) (no more file editing), [post types](http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Post_Types), and [taxonomies](http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Taxonomies). (Twenty Ten theme shows all of that off.) Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited **merge of MU and WordPress**, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new **lighter interface**, the contextual help on every screen, the **1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements**, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click.
> 
> For a more comprehensive look at everything that has improved in 3.0 check out [3.0’s Codex page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0) or the [long list of issues in Trac](http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?group=status&milestone=3.0&desc=1&order=priority).

<embed height="720" src="http://v.wordpress.com/wp-content/plugins/video/flvplayer.swf?ver=1.21&guid=BQtfIEY1&width=800&height=600&locksize=no&dynamicseek=false&qc_publisherId=p-18-mFEk4J448M" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="960"></embed>Source: [WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”](http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/)  
Download: [WordPress 3.0](http://wordpress.org/latest.zip)