By Don Campbell
Expert Author
Article Date: 2011-12-15
WordPress 3.3 was just released. What's inside? Some nice improvements - watch my video for a quick tour. I'll show you around the new interface changes, and some of the new features as well.
Quick list of new features in WordPress 3.3 for users
Here's a short list of the new features in WordPress 3.3. I show many of these in the video above. You can see WordPress.org for their WordPress 3.3 announcement as well.
Drag and Drop Uploader for all media types (and automatic file type detection). I mentioned in my post from WordCamp earlier this year that WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg said they were going to improve the media uploading capabilities in WordPress to be closer to how Google+ works.
Hover menus for navigation in the WordPress Admin area
Pointer tips for new features, and a welcome message
Improved Admin Bar
Improved Admin experience for iPad and Tablet devices
Better Permalinks options, including improved performance for post-slug-only permalinks
SmallBiz - Tested
We've been testing the SmallBiz WordPress Theme with WordPress 3.3 since the early betas and everything works fine. So if you're using SmallBiz, you should have no problems upgrading to WordPress 3.3.
Are you planning to upgrade to WordPress 3.3? What are your favorite features? Let me know in the comments below!
Comments About the Author: Don is President and founder of Expand2Web.com, which provides WordPress Websites and Local Search Marketing solutions and training for small business owners and consultants.
Don is a veteran of Silicon Valley Startup Interwoven, where he was created a $5M product line and Microsoft where he was technical evangelist for Office and Office Live. Check out his blog at http://www.expand2web.com/blog.
