Good news for users of the blogging engine WordPress (and those thinking about switching to WordPress).  Version 2.0 is in "release candidate" stage, and the final version is rumored to be arriving sometime later this week (in time for Festivus, maybe?).

If you’re wondering what the big deal is, you can read a short recap of the new features here.   Best news that I can see is a revamped admin section, a built-in (and very simple) Wysiwyg editor, and better, easier style/template management. 

So if you check back here later in the week and things are a bit wonky, I’m probably in the middle of upgrading.  Sit tight, all will be well again soon.   

On almost the same note, I recently discovered Tiger Admin Style for WordPress.   I’m not a Mac user, so I don’t know how well it captures Tiger.  But it looks much nicer, even than the new 2.0 admins style.  I recommend this plugin especially for new WordPress users because it makes finding all of WordPress’ many many settings and features that much easier.

The bad news about the Tiger plugin is that it isn’t currently working with 2.0 RC2 (for those daring souls out there who just can’t wait for the final version).  Fortunately, some kind soul has put together a reloaded version that hacks it into shape, at least until the original author gets a moment to tweak it himself.