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The release of WordPress 2.0 (codename “Duke”) two weeks ago made me immediately very keen to give it a go. It took a little while for Fantastico to offer a one-click upgrade, but thankfully the wait wasn’t unbearable.

The feature that most made me sit up and take notice was the completely redeveloped post-authoring interface. Finally a WYSIWYG editor was included by default, something I sorely missed since leaving Blogger. I tried numerous third-party plug-ins but none had me entirely satisfied. The WordPress crew didn’t stop here however. Other features that stood out as soon as I began using the upgrade included:

• a resizable text editing area
• a new post preview option, which shows what your post will look like with your current theme applied (much like Blogger does)
• a preview thumbnail in the theme selector page

There are many additional features, including many non-cosmetic, more technical ones. As this post is not intended as a proper review of WP 2.0, I will not elaborate on these. Have a look at the full WordPress feature set on the WordPress website.

Finally I can honestly say that WordPress satisfies my requirements entirely. I was originally a little disappointed after migrating from Blogger (see The New Blog Lives) but this new version has put all of my previous concerns to rest. It’s now time to settle in and begin using this great content publishing platform.