WordPress Releases New Update: WP V. 4.5

WordPress recently announced the release of WordPress 4.5, named “Coleman” in honor of jazz artist Coleman Hawkins. Learn about the new WordPress 4.5 improvements below.

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New WP Version: WP 4.5

WordPress has just released WP v. 4.5, named “Coleman” in honor of legendary jazz music artist Coleman Hawkins.

WP v. 4.5, released on April 12, 2016 focuses on streamlining your workflow, whether you’re writing or building your site.

Here are just a few of the changes you will see in WP 4.5:

Inline Linking

Coinciding with the release of WordPress 4.5 is an improved linking tool. This provides WordPress users with a less distracting interface …

(WordPress 4.5 – Inline Linking)

The inline link editor allows you to easily add external and internal links to your content with less distraction …

(Inline Linking)

Formatting Shortcuts

Prior to the release of version 4.5, WordPress introduced formatting shortcuts for lists and headings. In WordPress 4.5 you can now also use formatting shortcuts for horizontal lines and code …

(WP 4.5 – Formatting Shortcuts)

Add 3 horizontal dashes to create a horizontal line and enclose your text in backticks to turn it into <code> …

(WordPress 4.5 : Formatting Shortcuts – Backticks)

The formatting shortcuts for horizontal lines and code are shown below …

(WordPress v. 4.5 – Inline Linking)

Responsive Previews

From version 4.5, live responsive previews are now available …

(Live Responsive Previews)

You can preview tablet, desktop, and mobile views directly in the customizer section …

(WordPress 4.5 – Live Responsive Previews)

Custom Logos

version 4.5 also allows themes to support business logos …

(Custom Logos)

The ‘Custom Logos’ feature is also accessed via the Theme Customizer …

(Custom Logos)

Additional WP 4.5 Release Notes

WP 4.5 also includes various additional technical improvements, such as:

• Smart Image Resizing
• Selective Refresh
• Script Loader Improvements
• Better Embed Templates
• JavaScript Library Updates

WP 4.5 – Additional Enhancement & Bug-Fixes

In addition to all of the above, WP 4.5 also includes many other enhancements and bug-fixes.

Important WP Update Tips

We recommend doing the following before upgrading to any new version of WordPress:

• Perform a complete backup of all your WordPress files and database.
• Search online for any problems or issues that other WordPress users may be experiencing with the new version. This includes incompatibilities and conflicts with plugins, themes, and other issues (search Google for something like “WP 4.5 Coleman problems” or “WP 4.5 errors”, then go through some of the results to see what kind of issues and errors users are experiencing).
• Once you have done the above, then upgrade to the new version as soon as possible to ensure that your site remains protected against any security vulnerabilities found in previous versions.

Note: Some images shown above were sourced from WordPress’ own release notes.

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