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On June 8, 2017, WordPress Version 4.8, named for jazz pianist and composer William John “Bill” Evans, was released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the WordPress Blog, and see the Changelog for 4.8.
For Version 4.8, the database version (db_version in wp_options) changed to 38590, and the Trac revision was 40888.
Have you ever tried updating a link, or the text around a link, and found you can’t seem to edit it correctly? When you edit the text after the link, your new text also ends up linked. Or you edit the text in the link, but your text ends up outside of it. This can be frustrating! With link boundaries, a great new feature, the process is streamlined and your links will work well. You’ll be happier. We promise.
Did you know that WordPress has a thriving offline community with groups meeting regularly in more than 400 cities around the world? WordPress now draws your attention to the events that help you continue improving your WordPress skills, meet friends, and, of course, publish!
This is quickly becoming one of our favorite features. While you are in the dashboard (because you’re running updates and writing posts, right?) all upcoming WordCamps and official WordPress Meetups — local to you — will be displayed.
Being part of the community can help you improve your WordPress skills and network with people you wouldn’t otherwise meet. Now you can easily find your local events just by logging in to your dashboard and looking at the new Events and News dashboard widget.
New CSS rules mean extraneous content (like “Add New” links) no longer need to be included in admin-area headings. These panel headings improve the experience for people using assistive technologies.
As fewer and fewer browsers support Silverlight, file formats which require the presence of the Silverlight plugin are being removed from core support. Files will still display as a download link, but will no longer be embedded automatically.
New capabilities have been introduced to 4.8 with an eye towards removing calls to is_super_admin(). Additionally, new hooks and tweaks to more granularly control site and user counts per network have been added.
With the addition of TinyMCE to the text widget in 4.8 comes a new JavaScript API for instantiating the editor after page load. This can be used to add an editor instance to any text area, and customize it with buttons and functions. Great for plugin authors!
The introduction of a new base media widget REST API schema to 4.8 opens up possibilities for even more media widgets (like galleries or playlists) in the future. The three new media widgets are powered by a shared base class that covers most of the interactions with the media modal. That class also makes it easier to create new media widgets and paves the way for more to come.
Rejoice! New responsive breakpoints have been added to the customizer sidebar to make it wider on high-resolution screens. Customizer controls should use percentage-based widths instead of pixels.
Roughly 225 bugs, 109 enhancements, 1 feature request, and 21 blessed tasks have been marked as closed in WordPress 4.8. Some additional ones to highlight include:
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normalization (#38693)supports
object to /types
response (#39033)bs_BA
) in remove_accents()
(#39658)WP_Editor
JavaScript files using the new wp_enqueue_editor()
(#35760)file_mod_allowed replaces disallow_file_mods
(#38673)minimum_site_name_length
(#39676)nav_menu_submenu_css_class
(#36163)page_menu_link_attributes
(#40359)post_date_column_status
(#39545)signup_site_meta
(#39223)signup_user_meta
(#39223)wp_doing_cron
(#39591)widget_text_content
(#40772)rest_oembed_ttl
(#40450)widget_{$this->id_base}_instance
(#32417)widget_text_content
(#40772){$type}_template
(#39525)display_media_states
(#39628)media_library_show_audio_playlist
(#31071)media_library_show_video_playlist
(#31071)rest_pre_insert_comment
(#39578)wp_is_large_network
(#40489)