August 2016 in WordPress
The wait for WordPress 4.6 is over. The newest version was released just a couple of weeks ago. It is codename “Pepper” in honor of jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III. If you haven’t updated yet, you can do it right from the dashboard, or download the new version here.
The improvements added in 4.6:
- Streamlined updates.
- Native fonts.
- Inline link checker.
- Content recovery.
- and as always, a lot of under-the-hood improvements.
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