WordPress 4.7 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.7 makes WordPress easier to customize the way you want it.
Things to note
- New Twenty Seventeen theme
- Customizer allows you to set up your theme easier in the initial set up as well as allows you to easily preview changes without actually making the changes to the site until you are happy with what you see.
- Themes can now provide starter contact to get you up and ready faster.
- Header background video now are available
- Creating menus/adding custom CSS is now easier.
- PDF thumbnails allow you to quickly view your documents in the media library
- Creating menus/adding custom CSS is now easier.
- Users can now choose their own language of the dashboard
- Long awaited – we now have the WP REST API built into WordPress 4.7
- All sort of great functionality for developers as well including new functions, hooks, post type templates, etc
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
As always, a big thanks to all the contributors for their time and attention to the new features/fixes!
WordPress 4.6.1 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.6.1 is a security release and should be applied immediately.
Things to note
This update not only contains a security fix for WordPress, it also addresses 15 bugs from version 4.6.
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
WordPress 4.6 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.6 makes WordPress look/feel better than ever before.
Things to note
- Faster Multisite
- The WordPress dashboard now uses your native fonts which will help with load times.
- The editor now has an inline link checker.
- Better content recovery by saving content as you type in the editor
- Javascript library updates (most notable: Masonry 3.3.2, imagesLoaded 3.2.0, MediaElement.js 2.22.0, TinyMCE 4.4.1, and Backbone.js 1.3.3)
- Various bug fixes and additional developer features (always good)
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
A big thanks to all the contributors for their time and attention to the new features/fixes.
WordPress 4.5.3 Maintenance and Security Release Available
WordPress 4.5.3 is now available for download and is a security release for all previous versions. It is highly recommended that you update your sites immediately. There are also a number of bug fixes which apply to WordPress versions 4.5, 4.5.1 and 4.5.2.
More information on the update is available: https://wordpress.org/news/2016/06/wordpress-4-5-3/
Full list of changes: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?milestone=4.5.3
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
WordPress 4.5.2 Security Release Available
WordPress 4.5.2 is now available for download and is a security release for all previous versions. It is highly recommended that you update your sites immediately.
More information on the update is available: https://wordpress.org/news/2016/05/wordpress-4-5-2/
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
WordPress 4.5.1 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.5.1 is a maintenance release.
WordPress 4.5.1 contains twelve bug fixes from the recently released version 4.5. You can see all the changes in WordPress 4.5.1 as well as read the release notes.
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
WordPress 4.5 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.5 will help streamline your workflow.
Things to note
- Inline Linking (link to your content easier/quicker)
- Responsive Previews (Preview mobile, tablet, and desktop views)
- Custom Logos (themes can now support them)
- Smart Image resizing (Generated images now load up to 50% faster)
- Javascript library updates (most notable: jQuery 1.12.3, jQuery Migrate 1.4.0)
- Various bug fixes (always good)
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
A big thanks to all the contributors for their time and attention to the new features/fixes.
WordPress 4.4.2 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 4.4.2 is now available for download/install. This update contains security updates for all previous updates and you are strongly encouraged to update your site(s) immediately.
WordPress versions 4.4.1 and earlier are affected by two security issues (XSS and open redirection).
Along with the security updates, WordPress 4.4.2 fixes 17 bugs from 4.4 and 4.4.1 (see release changes).
WordPress 4.4.1 Security and Maintenance Release
WordPress 4.4.1 is now available for download/install. This update contains security updates for all previous updates and you are strongly encouraged to update your site(s) immediately.
WordPress versions 4.4 and earlier are affected by a cross-site scripting vulnerability that could allow a site to be compromised.
Along with the security updates, WordPress 4.4.1 fixes 52 bugs from 4.4 (see release changes).
WordPress 4.4 Update Now Available
WordPress 4.4 makes your site more connected and responsive.
Say hello to the latest WordPress release: WordPress 4.4! This is a great release for both developers and users for many reasons. Front end users get a new theme to choose/use “Twenty Sixteen” which is simple and looks great on all devices. WordPress 4.4 also introduces a new way to display images so they will look great on all devices, and an an exciting embed option so you can now embed posts from WordPress sites into your site easily.
Developers also benefit a lot from WordPress 4.4 thanks to adding in REST API infrastructure to WordPress core, term meta (yay!), as well as improved performance with WP_Comment_Query().
If you have not done so already – download the update or simply use your existing installation of WordPress to update your site. Either way – this is an excellent time to make a backup copy of your site(s) before upgrading.
Enjoy and thanks to all the contributors for making this a great release!