New WordPress Update Available: WP 4.5 Coleman

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

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WordPress Update: WP Version 4.5

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

WordPress 4.5, released on April 12, 2016 focuses on helping to streamline your workflow, whether you’re writing or building your site.

Here are just a few of the changes you will see in the new version:

Inline Linking

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

(Inline Linking)

This tool allows you to easily add links to your content with less distraction …

(WP 4.5 – Inline Linking)

Formatting Shortcuts

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

(WP version 4.5 – Formatting Shortcuts)

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

(WordPress version 4.5 : Formatting Shortcuts – Backticks)

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

(Inline Linking)

Responsive Previews

From WP version 4.5, live responsive previews are now available …

(WordPress version 4.5 – Live Responsive Previews)

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

(Live Responsive Previews)

Custom Logos

WP v. 4.5 also allows themes to support logos for your business or brand …

(Custom Logos)

This feature is also accessed via the Theme Customizer …

(WordPress Theme Customizer – Custom Logos)

Additional WP 4.5 Release Notes

WordPress 4.5 also includes additional ‘under the hood’ improvements, such as:

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

Additional Fixes & Enhancements

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 online for something like “WordPress version 4.5 issues” or “WP version 4.5 Coleman bugs”, 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 of the images on this page were sourced from WP v. 4.5 release notes.

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