WordPress 4.4
8 December 2015
WordPress version 4.4 is now available (major release).
Upgrading to WordPress 4.4
WordPress 4.4 can be upgraded to (or installed) using any of Installatron's products. Use Installatron's optional Automatic Update feature to automatically apply WordPress updates as new versions are released, or use Installatron's Clone feature to duplicate an existing WordPress install to test the 4.4 upgrade prior to applying it live. Get started managing your WordPress installations with Installatron
What's New in WordPress 4.4
New features in WordPress 4.4 make your site more connected and responsive, and a new default theme is introduced, Twenty Sixteen.
Highlights
- New Default Theme - Twenty Sixteen: Modern take on the classic blog design
- New Default Theme - Twenty Sixteen: Flexible header and fun color schemes will make your content shine
- New Default Theme - Twenty Sixteen: Mobile-first and responsive
- Responsive images: WordPress now takes a smarter approach to displaying appropriate image sizes on any device, ensuring a perfect fit every time. You don’t need to do anything to your theme, it just works.
- Embed your WordPress content: Now you can embed your posts on other sites, even other WordPress sites. Simply drop a post URL into the editor and see an instant embed preview, complete with the title, excerpt, and featured image if you’ve set one. We’ll even include your site icon and links for comments and sharing.
- Even more embed providers: In addition to post embeds, WordPress 4.4 also adds support for five new oEmbed providers: Cloudup, Reddit Comments, ReverbNation, Speaker Deck, and VideoPress.
For Developers
- REST API infrastructure: Infrastructure for the REST API has been integrated into core, the first part of a multi-stage rollout. Inclusion of core endpoints is targeted for an upcoming release. To get a sneak peek of the core endpoints, and for more information on extending the REST API, check out the official WordPress REST API plugin.
- Term meta: Terms now support metadata, just like posts. See add_term_meta(), get_term_meta(), and update_term_meta() for more information.
- Comment query improvements: Comment queries now have cache handling to improve performance. New arguments in WP_Comment_Query make crafting robust comment queries simpler.
- Term, comment, and network objects: New WP_Term, WP_Comment, and WP_Network objects make interacting with terms, comments, and networks more predictable and intuitive in code.