WordPress 2 has recently been released for the iPhone via the App store. Not only is it free but also very easy to set up.

All I did to set it up was go to /wp-admin/options-writing.php and tick the XML-RPC checkbox under the remote Publishing section. From there I simply put in my login details and blog URL and it quickly connected and showed me my posts :) From there its blogging as usual; create a post, approve comments or edit pages.

The improvements from ‘Wordpress’ to ‘Wordpress 2’ is apparently improved functionality, compatibility and a much smoother user interface. I must say, its working wonders for me! I’m currently sitting in my car waiting for Ice Hockey to begin, whoop!

The only downside (and I am being particularly fussy here) is that the app developers didn’t upgrade the original WordPress app but instead just made another. Now I realise that this could be to do with the way things were put together in the first instance, but there are rumours of a third version coming out which will be a separate app again.

Don’t get me wrong though, this is a brilliant little app, and best of all its FREE! The idea of being able to blog while I have 10 minutes before a lecture or on a train or in the park makes the idea of blogging much more appealing. Bring on version 3.0 (template / style editing, perhaps?)