Zahid Lilani – Technology and Social Media for Business

WordPress 2.0 App for iPhone

Posted on 10. Nov, 2009 by Zahid Lilani in Blogging, iPhone

WordPress just came out with version 2.0 for its iPhone app. Few weeks back, I had deleted the older WordPress app from my iPhone as I never used it. I didn’t use it because of the complicated user interface and major flaws in features that I couldn’t do without like tags etc.

New WordPress app is better in my aspects. By the way, I am using wordpress right now on my iPhone to write this blog post.

- ability to save post as local drafts, drafts and published.
- ability to author multiple blogs.
- select single or multiple categories add new categories on the fly.
- select a publish date.
- add photos
- moderate comments for all your blog posts or just one post.
- preview your post.
- add new pages and edit current ones.
- add photos to pages
- mass edit comments

I am very much impressed with the new WordPress version. Even though I have Tumblr on my iPhone, I have never been a fan of it.

Of course I prefer blogging using the real thing but I think the app can come in handy if I ever have that sudden urge to write 200-300 words.

As you can see, there is only so much the app can do. I have some HTML knowledge and have been playing with WordPress for a while now. I know how to center a post, use paragraphs, make a text bold etc but it would be nice if it were possible to achieve it with a click (I am sorry if I am asking for a lot)

Nonetheless WordPress 2 is excellent blogging app and a must have if you blog.

Tags: Blogging, iPhone, Wordpress