We’re proud to announce the release of 1.o version of the Zemanta WordPress plugin. After a few years and many thousands of downloads in the 0.x, we’re finally ready to make the jump. The 1.0 release includes a number of cool improvements and is now available for download.
Related Articles with Images
This is a biggie for us. Users will now have a choice to display related articles with an associated thumbnail image. The new option allows users to display the list in a more elegant and visually effective away. Users can still choose to add simple bulleted text links.
This feature is currently only available for users on WordPress 3.3 and above, using our plugin or browser extensions and based on the response we will expand it to other versions and platforms.
Improved Search
We cleaned up the user interface for the search functionality so that now users can more easily find it and refine their search for related images and articles. In addition to refining recommendations, the users can also start out searching out a topic to get some help and inspiration before they start writing.
Simplified WordPress Settings
All of the WordPress settings have been consolidated into one area (Settings > Zemanta), so there is no more need to toggle between the regular WP Settings and Plugin Settings.
Target=Blank by default!
Many of you have requested this feature! From now on, all inserted links will open a new browser window or tab. If you already played around with Preferences, you have nothing to worry about, this only affects new users.
Built for Speed!
We’ve made behind the scenes improvements that will make Zemanta faster and smoother. One of the improvements was in how we load up the recommended images. Instead of loading up all of them, we will load just the ones that you can see at the moment.
What do you think?
Let us know what you think of the new improvements. We’d love to hear how they are working out for you!
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