WordPress Update: WordPress 4.1 Now Available
Happy holidays! WordPress version 4.1 is now available and offers a lot of nice improvements both on the front and back end.
For content publishers – the “Distraction-free writing” option makes authoring great content easier/less distracting.
Users now also have the option to “Log out everywhere” so if you are on a shared computer and forgot to sign out – you can go to your profile and choose “log out everywhere
WordPress 4.1 also offers introduces a new theme called “Twenty Fifteen” which is a beautiful responsive theme.
On the backend – developers now are able to easily work with more complex meta, date, and term queries, have a number of new options in the “Customizer API”, and have better control over the title tag with themes.
You can read more about the update: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/4.1?stop_rev=30798&rev=30974
You can download WordPress 4.1: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.1.zip
WordPress Site Management with JetPack
With the recent update of the JetPack plugin – a new feature called “Site Management” has been added.
If you run multiple WordPress sites – the chances are – you are using the same plugins on multiple sites. If you would like to streamline plugin updates – you can now easily do so with the new “Site Management” option in JetPack.
How does this work?
- Update to JetPack 3.3 and enable the new feature by clicking “Activate Now” in the JetPack banner (seen above)
- Log in to http://wordpress.com/sites to view the sites you have registered, add more if needed.
- Choose the site you want to configure for plugin updates and see all plugins listed. Select each plugin to configure it (perhaps some plugins you will always want to update automatically, but others not). There are two options – Active and Autoupdates. (Active = plugin active vs. inactive) Autoupdate (auto update this plugin vs do not auto update the plugin)
While this makes managing plugin updates easier – make sure you consider quality assurance testing. Auto updates or mass updating plugins makes updating easy – but the need for quality assurance testing is still needed and should not be overlooked. Whether you have unit tests or do testing with user scripts – remember to still plan for time/effort after the updates.
Thanks to JetPack for taking this on. I look forward to playing around with this.
WordPress Update: WordPress 4.0.1 Now Available
You can read more about the update: https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-0-1/
You can download WordPress 4.0.1: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.1.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 4.0 Available
A few highlights:
- Improved media preview
- Embed videos, playlists by simply adding in a URL (list of all embeds supported)
- Improved editor for all screen sizes
- Improved plugin search and installer view
- Language chooser (on install)
- More powerful ORDER BY when using WP_QUERY
You can read more about the update: http://wordpress.org/news/2014/09/benny/
You can download WordPress 4.0: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.0.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.9.2 Now Available
WordPress version 3.9.2 is an important security release and is now available for download. If you have not updated (or are not set up for automatic background updates) – take some time to backup your site and update.
You can read more about the update: https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log/branches/3.9?stop_rev=29383&rev=29411
You can download WordPress 3.9.2: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.2.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.9.1 Now Available
WordPress version 3.9.1 is a maintenance release and is now available for download. (This release fixes 34 bugs.) If you have not updated (or are not set up for automatic background updates) – take some time to backup your site and update.
You can read more about the update: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=3.9.1
You can download WordPress 3.9.1: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.1.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.9 Now Available
WordPress version 3.9 is now available for download. This new version really makes working with media a lot easier.
Here are a few things you will notice:
- Updated visual editor
- Easier image editing
- Gallery previews (yay!)
- Audio/video playlist capabilities
- Widget/header live previews
- New theme browser
- Updated JS libraries (and other fun changes for developers)
You can read more about the update: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=3.9
You can download WordPress 3.9: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.9.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.8.3 Now Available
WordPress version 3.8.3 is now available for download. This update addresses an issue with the “Quick Draft” option in the dashboard where a post created there would disappear/not save. If you use this feature – please make sure to update WordPress. Even if you do not use it – it is always a good idea to update WordPress.
You can read more about the update: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=3.8.3
You can download WordPress 3.8.3: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.3.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.8.2 Now Available
WordPress version 3.8.2 is now available for download. This new version is a security release. It is highly recommended you update your WordPress installation as soon as possible. This releases fixes a weakness that could let an attacker force their way into your site by forging authentication cookies as well as a number of other bug and security fixes.
You can read more about the update: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=3.8.2
You can download WordPress 3.8.2: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.2.zip
WordPress Update: WordPress 3.8.1 Now Available
WordPress version 3.8.1 is now available for download. This new version is a maintenance release which addresses over 30 bugs in WordPress 3.8. If you have not done so already – please make sure you update your WordPress installation.
You can read more about the update: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=resolution&milestone=3.8.1
You can download WordPress 3.8.1: http://wordpress.org/wordpress-3.8.1.zip