Download WordPress 3.3

Version 3.3 of WordPress has been released. With this program, which is made available under the gpl license, it is possible to set up and maintain a weblog. WordPress is easy to set up and should be up and running in under five minutes if a server with PHP and MySQL is already available. There are possibilities to further extend the functionality of WordPress, in addition to blogging, and improve the appearance with plugins and themes to adjust.

New in version 3.3 includes the ability to easily add media via drag’n’drop, the menus now open when the mouse hovers over them and speech bubbles are shown with every update that introduce new features. The most important improvements are listed for you below.

Easier Uploading

• File Type Detection – A single upload button.
• Drag and Drop Media Uploader

Dashboard Design

• New Toolbar in the dashboard, combining the Admin Bar and admin header
• Responsive design for some screens, including iPad/tablet support
• Flyout menus, providing single-click access to any screen

New User Experience

• New feature pointers, helping users navigate new features
• Post update About screen
• Dashboard welcome area for new installs

Content Tools

• Better co-editing that releases post locks immediately
• Tumblr Importer
• Don’t lose widgets when switching themes

Under the Hood improvements

• Use the postname permalink structure without a performance penalty
• Improved Editor API
• is_main_query()function and WP_Query method
• Remove a number of funky characters from post slugs
• jQuery 1.7.1 and jQuery UI 1.8.16
• A new Screen API for adding help documentation and adapting to screen contexts
• Improved metadata API

And also…

• Performance improvements and hundreds of bug fixes