WordPress 3.0

I installed WordPress 3.0 on a test hosting account this week & I’m currently taking it for a test drive.
I’ve been hanging out for 3.0 and really wanted to try out the new features.

Custom Post Types

This feature has heaps of potential and can be easily setup with a few lines of code in the functions file although there is already a really cool plugin out called ‘Custom Post Type Ui’ – see the video below for an explanation.

One potential application for this would be podcasts – so rather than adding a podcast as a post or using a plugin it could be managed by the custom post type. There is of course the option for custom taxonomy’s. If you don’t want to use a plugin and your familiar with the editing WordPress functions file here’s a Custom Post Type tutorial.

Custom (Woo) Menu’s

This is a long overdue feature and essential for any WordPress website over a couple of pages. WooThemes have had this feature for a while and have worked with the WordPress team to add this to the core WordPress build. Having used a few woo themes briefly before it’s no surprise that this is awesome. If your looking for this feature it took a minute to find check – appearance > themes.

2010 Theme

The new default theme ’2010′ a great improvement and shows how WordPress has evolved from a Blogging Platform to a Powerful Content Management System. The 2010 Theme is really easy to customize using the background and header editing featured which come standard in 3.0, here’s an example http://joshjanssen.com/

WordPress 3.0 is out now and available from wordpress.org