As we sit here toward the beginning of October, word is that we may be seeing the first release candidate of WordPress 3.3 toward the end of the month, with the final toward the end of November.
So, what’s it going to be this time?
The bullet point version for 3.3 is this:
- Enhancements to the media uploader, including ability to upload multiple files at once. Perhaps some improvement of image manipulation.
- A new user wizard, to guide new users through the basics.
- Improvements to the admin bar. Possibly combining of the admin bar with the header in the admin area, to reduce vertical height.
- Enhancements to the automatic upgrade process, including partial build upgrades and ability to install child themes.
- Inclusion of language packs (good for internationalization)
- Admin area which displays better on different screen sizes and device types (i.e. touch-based devices)
- Performance improvements on permalinks
- Possibility that you can change your theme and your widgets will remain.
- API enhancements, including updated editor API. In short, this will allow plug-ins to easily use the main post editor interface.
The media uploader improvements will be pretty nice. The plan is to integrate a system called Plupload. It works via HTML5, Gears, Silverlight, BrowserPlus or the usual browser-based upload. It also supports drag-and-drop uploads – which will be awesome.
The admin area changes will be nice in that it will adapt to wider monitors as well as touch screen interfaces. So, perhaps we will get a WP interface which works better on an iPad, for example.
The permalink performance is not something most people think about. The way WordPress is currently set up, there is a performance hit when you use pretty permalinks for SEO purposes. The database query speeds are the issue. So, the idea is that WordPress 3.3 will get rid of the performance hit.
And the language packs will be great for non-English speakers, turning the WordPress dashboard into a native language. Of course, until this is official, you can always use the WP Native Dashboard plug-in.
So, there you have it. The “feature freeze” was set about 2 weeks ago, which means we should be seeing the release candidate in a few weeks. The target release date for 3.3 final is November 29th.
David has been blogging for 15 years, and generating a six-figure income at it for the last 12. He is the founder of Blog Marketing Academy. 
David Risley has been building and operating authority blogs for 15 years, and operating a six-figure business doing it for a decade.
Hey David
You are showing your technical savvy…Can you repeat that in English?
Mark
Non-nerdy version = “Its gonna be cool!”
I like the mix here. I get my techno-nerd fix and polish my social/blogging skills at the same place.
Good one David..
Is this post of the slightly more technical bent I’ve been noticing from you lately. A planned pattern or just the way things are working out?
I go back and forth.
I have a big one coming up on Wednesday about traffic. Not technical.
Thanks for the “heads up” David. I didn’t know that we were due for another WordPress update soon.
Thanks for the info David, Every WordPress update is welcome. I used to dread the news of an update, but it sure is a lot easier updating now.
The big push to child themes totally changes the game of theme development.
Thanks for the update. I’m interested in seeing how the permalinks performance update will effect SEO on your posts.
Yup I’m looking forward to it. got to get on the bug tracker
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My only wish is that wordpress makes its sites load faster
It’s finally out. Any news regarding the performance on non-standard permalinks?
It’s finally out. Any news regarding the performance on non-standard permalinks?
yep wordpress is always be a good platform and its new release 3.3 is awesome specially i like is flyout menu and its JQery 1.7.1 enabled still its having few bugs which i mentioned in hope it will get recover soon