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title: "WordPress 2.1 Released – This is a major release"
date: 2007-01-23
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# WordPress 2.1 Released – This is a major release
You can [download the release](http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/) from WordPress here.

Here's an excerpt from WordPress about what this release includes:

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> - Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again.

> - Our new tabbed editor allows you to switch between WYSIWYG and code editing instantly while writing a post.

> - The lossless XML import and export makes it easy for you to move your content between WordPress blogs.

> - Our completely redone visual editor also now includes spell checking.

> - New search engine privacy option allows you take you to indicate your blog shouldn't ping or be indexed by search engines like Google.

> - You can set any "page" to be the front page of your site, and put the latest posts somewhere else, making it much easier to use WordPress as a content management system.

> - Much more efficient database code, faster than previous versions. Domas Mituzas from MySQL went over all our queries with a fine-toothed comb.

> - Links in your blogroll now support sub-categories and you can add categories on the fly.

> - Redesigned login screen from the Shuttle project.

> - More AJAX to make custom fields, moderation, deletions, and more all faster. My favorite is the comments page, which new lets you approve or unapprove things instantly.

> - Pages can now be drafts, or private.

> - Our admin has been refreshed to load faster and be more visually consistent.

> - The dashboard now instantly and brings RSS feeds asynchronously in the background.

> - Comment feeds now include all the comments, not just the last 10.

> - Better internationalization and support for right-to-left languages.

> - The upload manager lets you easily manage all your uploads pictures, video, and audio.

> - A new version of the Akismet plugin is bundled.

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