Finally the full and final version of Wordpress 2.5 has been released and its time for an upgrade for all of the Wordpress users. Celebrating the release of this new version, the Wordpress creators have also redesigned Wordpress.org to match the look and feel of the new admin panel in Wordpress 2.5

Wordpress 2.5 has been on the roadmap for about 6 months and is latest stable release so far. The most noticable features in this version are: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, salted passwords and cookie encryption, media library, a WYSIWYG that doesn’t mess with your code, concurrent post editing protection and full-screen writing.

The new built-in galleries feature is something worth trying out. Users can make gallery out of the photos and images they upload by using a simple gallery function call in posts or pages. There are other goodies in Wordpress 2.5 for developers like inline documentation, database optimization and secure cookies.

Download and Upgrade to Wordpress 2.5

Download Wordpress 2.5 from here and if you are planning to upgrade to Wordpress 2.5 right away, use this Wordpress Upgrade Guide. As Matt indicates that there have been no significant changes in the database in this new release so all previous plugins should work fine and you are good to go for an instant upgrade.