Well, finally i have upgraded my WordPress to the latest stable version of WordPress which is 2.6!

There is a huge list of of updates and some great new features for bloggers which i must say all wordpress bloggers must check out. Click Here to read about the new changes in WordPress 2.6 and what it has to offer us Bloggers.

Here is a list of some of the small changes in WordPress 2.6

• Word count! Never guess how many words are in your post anymore.
• Image captions, so you can add sweet captions like Political Ticker does under your images.
• Bulk management of plugins.
• A completely revamped image control to allow for easier inserting, floating, and resizing. It’s now fully integrated with the WYSIWYG.
• Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries.
• Plugin update notification bubble.
• Customizable default avatars.
• You can now upload media when in full-screen mode.
• Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default, but you can turn it on easily through the options screen.
• Full SSL support in the core, and the ability to force SSL for security.
• You can now have many thousands of pages or categories with no interface issues.
• Ability to move your wp-config file and wp-content directories to a custom location, for clean SVN checkouts.
• Select a range of checkboxes with shift-click.
• You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one.
• A number of proactive security enhancements, including cookies and database interactions.
• Stronger better faster versions of TinyMCE, jQuery, and jQuery UI.
• Version 2.6 fixes approximately 194 bugs.

It is said that WordPress 2.6 is pretty much identical to 2.5 from a Designers point of view – It’s also said that WordPress version 2.5 won’t be maintained further so its a good idea to Upgrade right away. The upgrade shouldn’t be a problem as i just noticed. It was pretty straight-forward and easy – Took me about 5 minutes to finish the upgrade.

P.S:- I finally found where they put the Word Counter – it was on the right side panel just below where you see the Save and Publish buttons.

Have fun blogging!