WordPress 3.0 RC1 has been released just a day after WordPress crosses its 7th birthday!
Happy Birthday WordPress. I have been growing together with you for the past 6 years, unfortunately because of my full time job, I am unable to contribute to you after your 7th birthday! Sorry about that.
As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using WordPress with a wide variety of configurations and hosting setups, it’s entirely possible that we’ve missed something. So! For the brave of heart, please download the RC and test it out (but not on your live site unless you’re extra adventurous). Some things to know:
- Custom menus are finished! Yay!
- Multi-site is all set.
- The look of the WordPress admin has been lightened up a little bit, so you can focus more on your content.
- There are a ton of changes, so plugin authors, please test your plugins now, so that if there is a compatibility issue, we can figure it out before the final release.
- Plugin and theme *users* are also encouraged to test things out. If you find problems, let your plugin/theme authors know so they can figure out the cause.
- There are a couple of known issues.
Download: WordPress 3.0 RC1
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Hi, the wp-polls plugin has issues with retrieving user’s IP address. It should stick with $_SERVER[‘REMOTE_ADDR’] instead of going using $_SERVER[‘HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR’], as a user I will easily spoof with adding fake X-Forwarded-For HTTP header.
Remote_addr is not accurate as it cannot detect IPs behind a transparent proxy which most ISP is using
Hey Lester,I’m using WP 3 RC1,The Useronline’s timestamp didn’t show correct,I’m in China in UTC+8,Thanks!
I’m using WP 3 RC1 thanks