This document summarizes the upcoming changes and new features in WordPress 3.0. Some key points include: - A new default theme with custom headers, backgrounds, clean design, and multiple widget areas. - Custom post types and taxonomies allowing WordPress to function as a basic CMS. - Better menu management with options like multiple menus, hierarchical menus, and reordering/excluding items. - WordPress and WordPress MU will merge into a single WordPress platform, simplifying installation and management of single and multiple sites. - For existing users, the transition process will be minimal and involve only minor file changes or imports depending on current setup.

1. What’s Coming in
WordPress 3.0
(and what it will mean to you)
Jane Wells
WordCamp Miami
February 20, 2010

2. Jane Wells, WordPress | Automattic
Master of Suggestion/Cat Herder
t: @janeforshort
e: jane@automattic.com
w: http://jane.wordpress.com

3. So Far
• 212 bugs fixed
• 83 enhancements
• 4 feature requests

4. Pending
• 265 bugs
• 155 enhancements
• 12 feature requests
• 13 tasks (blessed)

5. New Default Theme: 2010
• Custom header
• Custom background
• Clean design
• Multiple widget areas
• Cascading menus

6. Custom Post Types
• Custom content types
• Ex: Products, Listings
Custom post types + taxonomies = CMS

7. Better Menu Management
• Woo Custom Nav
• Mix pages, categories, links
• Exclude items
• Re-order items
• Multiple menus
• Hierarchical menus

8. The Merge.

9. WP + MU = WP

10. Don’t be afraid.

11. Possible Situations
• One WordPress site now, one site later
• Many sites now (on an MU install), many
sites later
• Many sites now (on separate installs), many
sites later
• No WordPress sites now, but starting one
later

12. What’s going to happen?

13. Probably nothing.

14. Possible Situations
• One WordPress site now, one site later
• Many sites now (on an MU install), many
sites later
• Many sites now (on separate installs), many
sites later
• No WordPress sites now, but starting one
later

15. If you have one site:
Nothing will change.

16. Possible Situations
• One WordPress site now, one site later
• Many sites now (on an MU install), many
sites later
• Many sites now (on separate installs), many
sites later
• No WordPress sites now, but starting one
later

17. If you’re using MU:
Nothing will happen.

18. Possible Situations
• One WordPress site now, one site later
• Many sites now (on an MU install), many
sites later
• Many sites now (on separate installs), many
sites later
• No WordPress sites now, but starting one
later

19. Combining Individual Sites:
Change a few files, import.

20. Settings > Network
• Begin on the site
you want to be the
primary
• Choose subdomains
or subdirectories
• Click Proceed
• Upload generated
files (ftp)
• Import additional
sites

21. Possible Situations
• One WordPress site now, one site later
• Many sites now (on an MU install), many
sites later
• Many sites now (on separate installs), many
sites later
• No WordPress sites now, but starting one
later

22. Starting from scratch?
Decide single vs. many
during install process.

23. No fuss, no muss.
(Check your plugins and themes.)

24. Pending Tickets
• 265 bugs
• 155 enhancements
• 12 feature requests
• 13 tasks (blessed)

25. Want to Help? Patch Sprint!
Week of February 22
• 265 bugs
• 155 enhancements
• 12 feature requests
Last week for enhancements:
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/report/32

26. http://wordpress.org/development
http://wpdevel.wordpress.com
irc.freenode.net #wordpress-dev
Questions?