I think maybe yesterday the WordPress crew was just trying to throw us off with the release of WordPress 2.5 RC3, because today at WordCamp Dallas, Matt Mullenweg announced that WordPress 2.5 is now available. The fact that the official release coincides with WordCamp almost seems planned. 
Anyway, in order to get your copy, head over to WordPress.org, check out the new redesign, and upgrade your blog software! Then come back here and share your thoughts on the new look and other changes.
WordPress.com users should have the upgrade within a week (though don’t expect it the next few days while the entire team is in Dallas).
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
It’s a great new release from the WP crew. I’ve also wrote on my blog about it and from different sources I could tell that were made about 1300 tweaks to this new release.
It seems like a tremendous amount of work they’ve put in making Wordpress better and safer.
Congratulations to everyone from the WP crew.
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
I think this new release is awesome… the backend started to look a little old-fashioned.
My favorite new feature is the ability to upload more than one image at once. However, now you spend more time opening the popup, going to the gallery tab, etc.
Saturday, March 29th, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Why is this an official release, when it states “development version” at the bottom of admin pages?
Sunday, March 30th, 2008 at 8:25 am
@ WP Lounge - Yeah, this new release definitely gives WordPress an extreme makeover. I’ve been upgrading about 20 of my sites and slowly getting used to it.
@ Wessley - I’m not a huge fan of the new admin panel (at least the colors), but it definitely gives it more of a modern feel.
@ Robert - You may want to double-check that you downloaded the right file. Mine do not show development version.
Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 2:06 am
WordPress 2.5 looks great, but think I will hold off upgrading for a bit and let all the early adopters expose any bugs and vulnerabilities first.
Monday, March 31st, 2008 at 6:19 am
@ PremiumWP - I understand that thought process. I guess I just like to get my hands dirty.
This release also has some big changes I’ve been really looking forward to and I just couldn’t wait!
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at 9:19 am
I wish I waited.
don’t like it, messed up several plugins and now I am spending all my time fixing everything.
sweet work guys.
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 at 10:31 am
@ Cuzzy - Sorry to hear you had a bad experience so far. I haven’t had any problems, but it seems many that have are either plugin problems or certain webhosts that give them problems.
In the future, you can always check the plugin compatibility list that WordPress maintains before upgrading. I try to look at upgrades as a good excuse to make sure your plugins are up to date anyway.