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WordPress goes the Multi-User and Forum route

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Just announced about half an hour ago, the WordPress developed has launch two new releases:

  • WordPress Multi-user 1.0
  • bbPress 0.72

According to their offical release:

  • WordPress MU is an official branch of WordPress designed for managing and hosting thousands of blogs instead of just one.

Some other facts about WordPress MU:

  • It’s powering WordPress.com
  • has been in heavy development for about a year
  • WordPress MU is best suited for a more server-savvy audience.
  • Can downloaded at: WordPress MU site.
  • bbPress is forum software (with the WordPress touch)

Developed by the WordPress folks, it has cool features like:

  • tagging
  • RSS feeds
  • Akismet spam protection
  • AJAX interaction

The development team focused on creating something fast and light. bbPress can power a forum with hundreds of thousands of posts with just a fraction of the load as WordPress.

The most compelling for WordPress users, is that bbPress supports complete user and login integration with WP.

Matt goes on to say: bbPress is not quite 1.0 yet, some of you may recognize the 0.72 version number from the early days of WordPress, but if you’re searching for a little something fresh in forum software, try downloading bbPress and giving it a go.