But as you'll see from the detailed list of changes at wordpress.org, most of the changes fall under the heading of general housekeeping: a cosmetic tweak here, an update to an included software package there.

Matt Mullenweg declares this release 'more of a CMS than ever before' - and of course, he's right. We're definitely edging further and further into 'proper' CMS territory; but, I think, still clinging on to the 'I just want to write something' mentality from WordPress's early days as a humble blogging platform.

It's another step forward. Not perhaps the great leap forward that v3.0 represented, but that's absolutely fine. The best just keeps getting a little better.

Nice overview of new WP3.1 functionality.