14 DAY TRIAL // The WordPress iOS application used by thousands of iPhone and iPad owners to manage their blog has received a major update this week, to include text-formatting abilities, a new full-screen editing mode, and more.
“We’re excited to give you the next major version of WordPress for iOS. The focus of this release is to further improve stability and add a few long-awaited new features,” said Isaac Keyet, WordPress.
The new Content Editor allows users to format text to their liking, make bulleted lists, make links, “and do all kinds of other fancy stuff.”
As its name implies, Full Screen Editing lets you view more text at a time.
Finally, there’s now the ability to keep track of your favorite blogs right from within WordPress: “Browse all the latest posts on blogs you follow in one place, right from your iPhone,” says Keyet.
There’a also a bunch of updates to the existing features of WordPress iOS, such as:
- Quick Photo will now use the post format for images (if your theme supports it). - You can now post pictures that you’ve already taken with Quick Photo. - Your stats referrer links and comment links can now be opened right from this app.
Keyet adds that version 2.9 includes bug fixes and improvements that were irrelevant for his announcement, but users can check them all out in the 2.9 Trac milestone.
As usual, WordPress has something cooking for their next update. In fact, they say this 2.9 release is nothing compared to what’s coming in version 3.0.
“While we’re very proud of this release, we’re not resting! We’re currently in the planning stages of WordPress for iOS 3.0 which is going to be the biggest update to the WordPress for iOS app since its birth,” says Keyet. “The plan is to take an overall look at where the app is, and streamline it for what you use it for the most.”
However, until then, WordPress has a minor update scheduled with the purpose of adding new language support. Those interested in helping can stop by the translation project page.