After a few weeks of feeling like the folks at Automattic were just about to release the stable version of WordPress 2.8, they’ve finally done it, and the release doesn’t disappoint. Nicknamed “Baker” (for trumpeter/vocalist Chet Baker — and since 2.7 was nicknamed “Coltrane”, I’m guessing somebody over there is a big jazz fan) it isn’t the visual makeover that 2.7 was, but it does tweak the design in ways that will make a lot of people happy.
It also has faster load times, a much better code editor, a revamped theme interface and more. The high-profile improvements: