Keeping an eye on WordPress development II
Published on 22nd February 2008 Estimated Reading Time: 1 minuteWhile I don't know if this might become a series, a sequel to an earlier post might be a sign of things to come. When I was pulling another version of WordPress from Subversion, I noted a lot of updated files coming through, more than usual. Curiosity led to my having a look and there have been a few obvious tweaks. The most noticeable of these is that the Plugins portlet was now active, making its role clearer.
The role? Apparently, it feeds a random selection of WordPress plugins from those included in WordPress.org's own listings. It might be useful or an annoying diversion, but we'll see what comes; it is not configurable for now. Otherwise, the admin screens look a little sharper, especially the ones for editing and managing content. I'll continue to await the arrival of the ability to apply admin screen themes: it's a "TODO" on the dashboard screen and could be interesting if it were to come about. We'll see...