A sneak peek at WordPress 2.7?

by Brian Turner

I’ve been taking a look at the interface on WordPress.com, and the format of the admin panel has changed from the 2.6 version to something completely different:

If this gives us a sneak peek at WordPress 2.7 then it certainly looks like a more intuitive navigation system is in place and a release actually worth looking forward to.

While the upgrade to 2.6 left the navigation cleaner, it also felt like it required more clicks to get to any basic settings.

However, the WordPress.com interface has options on most every page, with ajax-powered drop-down menus, so you can pretty much get to wherever you need in a single click.

The use of categories is much more intelligent as well – in 2.6 there’s nothing but a tiny iFrame which makes navigating sites with a lot of categories difficult and cumbersome. The WordPress.com interface goes back to the original right-hand listing, which should be easier to use again.

I haven’t downloaded the WordPress 2.7 beta, but if the admin interface is anything like that running on WordPress.com, then we may actually have something to look forward to.

What I’m hoping for most in 2.7 is a fix to the cookie length issue – I used to be able to stay logged in a WordPress-driven site for weeks, even months. However, since 2.6, I seem to be logged out after only days, which is a royal admin pain to work with.

UPDATE: There’s more info on this interface at WordPress.com.

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