Wouldn’t in be great if we could drag and drop to upload files directly into the visual editor? WordPress 3.3 very well handles drag and drop uploads into the Add Media modal box, in a special area that says “drop files here”: And thank you so much for that, WordPress, but I’m tired of constantly having to open the media manager to insert an image into my post or page...
Protected Meta in WordPress
I was doing a few tweaks to the Twitter Embed plugin earlier today and found out that authors that access to the custom fields interface could exploit them to print unfiltered HTML. This happened because I cached the HTML retrieved from the Twitter API in an unprotected meta field to the post. The easiest workaround was to add an underscore prefix to the meta key, so my_meta_key for example...
WordPress Sidebars as Menus
Mika shares her thoughts and a bunch of screenshots on WordPress Sidebars as Menus, definitely a much more usable approach at widgets in WordPress. Plus, looks like this can solve the “theme switch” problem when sidebars usually just disappear and all your widgets settings are lost. Let’s hope this makes it into core sooner or later ;)
WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 2
Sweet! WordPress 3.3 Release Candidate 2 is here and as Andrew Nacin pointed out they’re “really close to a final release.” To find out what’s new in 3.3, visit the About page after installing the release candidate. Good luck and make sure your themes and plugins throw no errors!
What are the most exciting features in WordPress 3.3
Question! With WordPress 3.3 just around the corner, we’re all interested in what are the most exciting features in the upcoming core update? Vote and feel free to add your own choices to the poll. My vote goes for permalinks performance and feature pointers.