WordPress 3.0.1 Release Candidate was just tagged and released. You can use Peter Westwood’s Beta Tester Plugin and use “Point Release Nightlies” to upgrade from WordPress 3.0 to the new release candidate.
WordPress 3.0.1 includes several bugfixes. Please consult the changelog on Trac for details on what has changed in this release.
Happy Thursday and just to make your day a little better WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious”, named in honor of Thelonious Monk, has been released. You can easily upgrade from your dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade or from the update message at the top of the dashboard.
The single most important feature of WordPress 3.0 is the WPMU merge which allows you to easily manage a network of sites (blogs) on a single WordPress install. You can find the instructions for enabling multisite here.
The WordPress 3.0 development cycle included over 1200 tickets (bugs and enhancements).
You can download WordPress 3.0 here and read the official release announcement on the WordPress Development Blog.
The third release candidate (RC3) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. This will most likely be the last release candidate before WordPress 3.0 is released at some point next week. So if you are the adventurous kind and would like to contribute to WordPress, then download the release candidate here and provide your feedback.
What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, then, with over 20 million people using WordPress with a wide variety of configurations and hosting setups, it’s entirely possible that we’ve missed something.
Download WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate 3