While numerous blogs discussing the facelift WordPress 2.7 received (what with new colors, icons and all), the two subtle details I noticed that hint at the shift in philosophy of what WordPress really is and what it plans to offer the end user (in terms of built-in options) were seldom noted. Here’s my brief two cents after using the latest release of WordPress 2.7 from the nightly build on local install.

WordPress has indeed come a long way. Long enough that we went from calling the front end of the blog a template, and then a presentation, and …