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10 WordPress Takeaways From 2015

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Emily Schiola

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December 30, 2015

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Another year is coming to an end. And, in the world of WordPress, so much has happened. It’s been a year filled with Wappuus, WordCamps, APIs, and important milestones. In no particular order, let’s take a look at 10 of the most talked about things to happen in the WordPress ecosystem in 2015. 25 Percent Of The Internet It wouldn’t be a 2015 roundup if we didn’t mention the biggest thing to happen this year. At the beginning of November, W3Tech, a web technology survey company, showed that WordPress is used by 25 percent of the Internet — that’s one […]

WordPress 4.4 “Clifford” Now Available

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Marie Dodson

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December 8, 2015

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WordPress 4.4, nicknamed “Clifford” after American jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is now available! It is available for download or you can upgrade directly in your dashboard. Clifford features updates focused on improving the display of content and images, including responsive images, oEmbed for WordPress, and the new Twenty Sixteen default theme. This update also includes the scaffolding of the WP REST API. Twenty Sixteen Theme Twenty Sixteen is a contemporary take on the classic blog layout. It takes a mobile-first and totally responsive approach, and features a flexible header with beautiful default color schemes. Responsive Images WordPress 4.4 takes a responsive […]

Sneak Peek At WordPress 4.4

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Sufyan bin Uzayr

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November 17, 2015

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WordPress 4.4 is scheduled for release towards the end of this year, and it will bring with it many exciting new changes and features. The beta version is already out so you can give WordPress 4.4 a spin right now using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin, however, the stable release is expected to arrive by Dec. So, what does WordPress 4.4 intend to bring to the table? In this post, I will be discussing what exactly we can expect from WordPress 4.4 First up, the developer stuff, or, as WordPress likes to call it, what’s “under the hood.” Under The […]

What To Expect From WordPress 4.4

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Josh Pollock

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October 30, 2015

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We are just about two months from the release of WordPress 4.4, but it’s already shaping up to be a very exciting release. A lot of stuff is happening. When I say a lot of stuff, I mean a lot of stuff: only 7 releases have had > 1500 commits, each took 4-5 months to get there. 4.4 has done it in only 2 months, with almost 2 months to go. — Scott Taylor (@wonderboymusic) October 17, 2015 Let’s get into what you can expect from WordPress 4.4. A Little Bit Of REST API The infrastructure for the REST API has […]

REST API Infrastructure Officially Merged With Core

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Emily Schiola

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October 29, 2015

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Earlier this week, the REST API team announced that it will be merged with core in 4.4, which is slated for release in a few months. The API comes in two parts, infrastructure and endpoints. You can rejoice that the infrastructure is part of core and that the endpoints will be available in the plugin. So what exactly does this mean? For one, everyone can build RESTful APIs much easier, and therefore, makes building custom APIs for your site a breeze. Plugin and theme developers can begin building right now. Start replacing any code you already have including admin-ajax endpoints. The only […]

WordPress 4.4 May Add Private Plugin Header

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Emily Schiola

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October 21, 2015

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The release of WordPress 4.4 is rapidly approaching, but people are still hard at work making this the best version yet. One of the recent tickets being addressed has made a decent amount of headway and seems to be on target for the next release. The ticket covers a longstanding problem with plugin name collisions. There have been instances where an existing plugin in the WordPress repo, which shares a name with a privately maintained plugin, has an available update. Because the plugins share directory names, hitting the update button means that the private plugin is replaced. The currently suggested solution […]

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