It is now official that Wordpress 2.8 is available for download. Don’t worry, I’m not talking about WP 2.8 Beta 1, Beta 2, or RC 1, I’m talking about the real deal: Wordpress 2.8 Baker Final version which comes packed with a lot of features and additions. As expected, WP 2.8 Baker features new drag & drop widgets admin interface, new widgets API, improved WP upgrader, theme installer, improved Press This, improved Sidebar Widget arrangement. and exactly 790 bug fixes.

The Wordpress 2.8 Baker provides faster loading of admin pages through script compression and concatenation, IIS 7.0 URL rewrite module support, timezones and automatic daylight savings time adjustment support, syntax highlighting, cursor for folded menu fix, four-column dashboard widgets, and it allows WP users to install and browse the themes directory directly from the admin.

I should mention that the Wordpress 2.8 Final also features jQuery 1.3.2, TinyMCE 3.2.3, new WP_Widget class, improved XMLRPC, improved plugin search, CSS tweaks on the plugins screen, CSS tweak for vertical misalignment in user-edit.php, Autosave post shortkey, comment paging for static front page fix, and multiple search form templates among many others.

If you are a regular Wordpress user then you already know how you can upgrade to Wordpress 2.8 Baker, but you can also:

Read more about the Wordpress 2.8 Baker Final here.

Download Wordpress 2.8 Baker Final for free here.