WordPress 2.8 is with improvement in themes, widgets, taxonomies, and overall speed and fixed over 790 bugs. It is much quicker than expected WordPress 2.8 final is available to download.

WordPress version 2.8 is much faster than before. You can now browse the entire theme directory and install a theme with one click from your WordPress dashboard. In WordPress 2.8 they have completely redesigned the widgets interface to allow you to do things like edit widgets on the fly, have multiple copies of the same widget, drag and drop widgets between sidebars, and save inactive widgets so you don’t lose all their settings.

Download WordPress 2.8 or install it with an easy way by pressing upgrade in one click from your WordPress dashboard.

According to the latest blog post on the WordPress development blog, the release date for WordPress 2.8 has almost been confirmed; the target date for releasing WordPress 2.8 is 10^th June.

Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of WordPress 2.8 is now available for downloads. According to the Official WordPress blog this may be the final RC released before WordPress 2.8 is released.

If you are interested in testing out the release candidate or just want to try out WordPress 2.8 before it is finally released, you can download it from the below link. You can also view the complete changelog to see the changes made since Beta 2, don’t forget to take a look at the new features in WordPress 2.8.

Download WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1