WordPress 3.0 Beta (1) Released. Try It For Sure!

A much awaited WordPress 3.0 Beta has finally arrived. All the developers and tech fans had been waiting for this Beta version of WordPress from a long time. I inspite of not a developer, I was waiting for this release as I wanted to see what this WordPress 3.0 would exactly be. This is an early beta version. This means there are a few things they are still finishing Due to the increasing demand from people, the WordPress folks released an early beta version of WordPress 3.0. They previously had a plan to release this version one week later, but they due to great people demand released it today!

Lets See What This WordPress 3.0 Beta Consists:

• The custom menus system (Appearance > Menus) is not quite finished. In Beta 2, the layout will be different and a bunch of the functionality will be improved, but we didn’t want to hold things up for this one screen. You can play with making custom menus, and report bugs if you find them, but this is not how the final screen will look/work, so don’t get attached to it.

• The merge! Yes, WordPress and WordPress MU have merged. This does not mean that you can suddenly start adding a bunch of new blogs from within your regular WordPress Dashboard. If you’re interested in testing the Super Admin stuff associated with multiple sites, you’ll need some simple directions to get started.

• We’re still fiddling with a few small things in the UI, as we were focused on getting the more function-oriented code finished first.

[SOURCE: WordPress Development Blog]

This beta as they say IS NOT FULLY COMPLETE!

Things You Can Enjoy Testing:

• Play with the new default theme, Twenty Ten, including the custom background and header options. This is a new theme and it looks quite good, at least better than the last one.
• Custom Post Type functionality has been beefed up. It’s really easy to add new types, so do that and see how it looks!
• WordPress MU users should test the multiple sites functionality to make sure nothing broke during the merge.

Try the beta tester plugin for easy upgrading to this beta version. Its safe and simple way to upgrade to a beta version. Download the WordPress 3.0 Beta 1 now!

Remember that this version is not fully complete and it isn’t safe to use it on your main blogs. So either create a test blog and try the Beta in it or alternatively install WordPress locally in your PC and try the beta there.