The future of WordPress … today!

WordPress is the software that powers this and millions of other blogs and websites today.  It makes setting up and running a blog simple and quick, and is highly extendable through a wealth of plugins and themes.  WordPress 2.9 was released in December, and discussion has already been started about the features and development of WordPress 3.0 which is due this year.  One of the most exciting discussions about the 3.0 release, in my opinion, is the plan to introduce a new default theme.  The famous blue and white Kubrick theme has been the default theme in WordPress since 2005, and powers many blogs even today.

Today, the new WordPress Foundation was launched, and it is powered by the development version of WordPress 3.0 and … the new 2010 theme!  It is exciting to see a preview of the theme in the wild!  The theme is monochrome unlike the bright blue Kubrick, but appears to be more malleable and configurable the former default theme.  It is clean and gives full attention to the body text, and looks fairly similar to the many framework themes that have become popular in recent years.  So if you want a glimpse of the next default theme, head over to http://wordpressfoundation.org/.  And while you’re there, check out the opensource projects under the WordPress umbrella, and subscribe to their blog to keep up with the future of WordPress.

Now I can’t wait to see WordPress 3.0 and the 2010 theme released to the public!

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