It’s been over a month since WordPress has made the update to version 3.0. As soon as I got my hands on WordPress’s latest release I wasted no time in diving in, learning and exploring all the new features of my favorite CMS platform.

Below are a couple of WordPress features that have sped up my Web Development time…

Custom Menus

No longer do we need to search for Category and Page ID numbers to help us control the order of our menu items. NOW, with the custom menus feature (available under the Appearance panel) we can order and rearrange our menus with the simplicity of drag and drop. Check out WPBeginner.com’s article on how to Add Custom Menus.

Custom Post Types

No more of the “one size fits all” approach. With the easy implementation of Custom Post Types (declared inside the functions.php file) we now have the flexibility to create custom post types separate from WordPress’s default “Posts” and “Pages” options. Being a Web Designer and Graphic Illustrator, the first thought that came to mind is to create a “Gallery” post type. Some additional custom post types to consider are “testimonials” and “products”. Net tuts has a great article on Custom Post Types and how to implement them.

More reason’s to love WordPress to come.