Wordpress 2.8 was released and have added improvements to themes, widget and taxonomies.

Wordpress 2.8 is named “Baker” after trumpeter and vocalist Chet Baker.

The most noticeable  improvement for this version of Wordpress is the Theme Browser, available in Dashboard. Using Theme Browser you can also specify the theme’s features: number columns, fluid/fixed width or colors.

The Wordpress team also solved 790 bugs in this version and changed the interface of the Widgets.

Some Wordpress 2.8 Features

• Theme Browser
• New Widgets Interface
• Faster Admin Pages Loading

More about Wordpress 2.8 features in the video below and on Wordpress 2.8 Baker page.

You can download Wordpress 2.8 here.