Today, WordPress Version 2.8 has been released to the public. Download it manually here, or if you are on version 2.7+ you can update automatically from your WordPress admin Dashboard. Remember to backup your website files and database before you upgrade!
Highlights
- New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API
- Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin and theme editors
- Browse the theme directory and install themes from the admin
- Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns
- Allow configuring the number of items to show on management pages with an option in Screen Options
- Support timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment
- Support IIS 7.0 URL Rewrite Module
- Faster loading of admin pages via script compression and concatenation
