14 DAY TRIAL // WordPress 3.2 is now out for iOS platforms delivering one of the most requested features for a while now – support for featured images. Blog authors can now upload a Featured Image for their posts as long as their theme supports it.
Developer Automattic is happy to deliver the first of many updates in a faster sequence, as promised. The first such release arrives today with featured image support, “one of our most requested features for some time,” according to the WordPress.org blog.
“We’re happy to report that you can now upload a Featured Image for your blog posts as long as your theme supports it,” says the developer. “You’ll find the Featured Image uploader in the Settings section of the Post Editor—see the screenshot on the right.”
Bloggers can upload a Featured Image of any size. The application will use the Image Size preference by default – located in the Settings section within the app.
Another cool addition is Push Notifications. Available only to blog owners for now (authors to receive this in the next version of Jetpack), the Push Notifications feature is available for self-hosted blogs running Jetpack 1.8.2 or higher.
Automattic explains that, “To make it work, we had to have a central server to deliver the notifications to your device, so this feature requires the Jetpack plugin by Automattic to function.”
“Push notifications for self-hosted blogs will work just like how they currently work for WordPress.com-hosted blogs: you get push notifications for new comments only, and will be directed to the comment within the app if you choose to view the notification,” the developer explains.
To make the Settings pane more accessible, Automattic has moved all the preferences to a dedicated screen within the app itself. This means you no longer need to navigate to the iOS Settings panel to tweak stuff.
Finally, almost 70 bugs and crashes have been fixed (including tweaks to Stats), according to the changelog.