The latest WordPress 2.0.5 has just been released and it is available for download right now from the Wordpress.org download section or by clicking here.

Mark Jaquith had recently listed the latest changes that were coming in this new version. The majority of the changes are mostly to do with fixing security bugs and issues and the administration side of managing your blog. Now that Wordpress 2.0.5 has finally been officially released, I can now share with you the more important changes that I have found.

Here is a quick list some of the improvements in Wordpress 2.0.5;

• WordPress Database Backup plugin - security has been improved.
• Plugins are now sorted by Plugin name, not filename.
• The authors dropdown in the main options section is now sorted by display name.
• User descriptions will now support HTML tags…

A complete list of changed files since the last 2.0.4 release has been compiled by Mark Jaquith and is available here. Mark has also made a changed files only zip download for people that wish to just upgrade their blogs to the new version. This can really save people a lot of FTP uploading time if you have several blogs to update at one time!

This new version features mostly small improvements designed to make your blog that bit easier to manage. Wordpress 2.0.5 is just another step closer to the long awaited Wordpress 2.1 version which promises to be really great!

Wordpress 2.0.5 Download