Original title: Still using WordPress? Interpret the new version update
WordPress was once the favorite thing for bloggers and geeks. Powerful open source properties, numerous plug-ins, and features such as easy deployment and debugging make WordPress becomes the best choice for personal website building.
With the advent of the mobile era, blogs have gradually become the last in China, There are fewer and fewer WordPress sites. However, the authorities have not stopped WordPress updates. the near future, WordPress version 4.9.5 was officially updated, bringing many new functions, while fixing security vulnerabilities and some existing problems in previous versions.
Next, the author will sort it out for you The key points of WordPress 4.9.5 upgrade.
This version adds The code syntax highlighting and error checking functions make the site building experience more concise and smooth. At the same time, it also adds a very useful photo album tool, Improved theme browsing and switching experience.
In addition, the new version has the following features:
Custom drafts of website design and regular publishing.
Yes, you are right. Just like you draft and modify articles, and arrange the website to publish according to the selected date and time, you can now save drafts of the customized settings of the website, and select a time to publish regularly.
Collaborate with the design preview link
After completing the scheduled modification of the website, need to preview and feedback information? WordPress 4.9 gives you a preview link, which you can send to your colleagues or customers. They can preview without logging in. Then you can collect their feedback information and set the online time of the modifications after all modifications are completed. Can we call this collaboration++?
Design lock protects your changes
Has there ever been a scene where two designers A and B modify a website at the same time, and designer A finishes the beautiful design, but designer B accidentally overwrites it when making modifications? WordPress 4.9's design locking function (similar to article editing locking) protects your design draft, so that no one can modify it or erase the results of your hard work.
Tips to protect your work
Have you ever left your desk because of something else before you can save it? Don't be afraid. When you come back, WordPress 4.9 will politely ask if you want to save the unsaved changes.
Code enhancement, syntax highlighting, and error checking
The website shows some problems, but you can't fully understand where your CSS code is wrong, which is a common situation. WordPress 4.9 adds HTML gadget to CSS style editor and WordPress 4.8.1, with syntax highlighting and error checking functions, you can quickly find the problem. This function guarantee can help you view the code more easily, and quickly eliminate and modify errors in the code.
Safety sandbox
It is believed that many people have encountered the death of white screen, which is common in WordPress. Now, you can avoid it. In WordPress 4.9, when there is an error in your code, it will warn you when you save it. Now, you can have a good sleep at night.
New album widget
The media gadget in WordPress 4.8 has been gradually improved. If you choose, you can add an album through this new gadget. you 're right!
Click the button to release the media
Do you want to add media files to your text widget? Insert pictures, audio and other files around your text with a simple but practical media button. Wow!
Website construction improvement
More reliable theme switching
When you change the theme, gadgets sometimes feel that they just change places. When you decide to change a new theme, WordPress 4.9 provides a more durable menu and widget placement.
Find and preview the perfect theme
Want to find a new topic? Now, in the custom panel, you can search, browse and preview more than 2600 topics before deploying new topics. In addition, you can also use the theme, function, layout and other conditions to
Filter topics.
Better menu usage instructions=less confusion
Are you confused about creating new menus step by step? Maybe not in the future! We have designed a more smooth menu creation process that conforms to the use experience. The latest updated copy will guide you.
Cooperation with Gutenberg
The WordPress team is working on a new way to create and manage your website content, which requires the cooperation of all users. Interested users can test this Gutenberg project and help developers improve it together!
Developer benefits CustomizerJSAPI improvements
The development team has made many improvements to the Customizer JSAPI in WordPress 4.9, eliminating many challenges. There are also written basic space templates, date and time plug-ins, and block/panel/global notifications.
CodeMirror library available for themes and plug-ins
The development team entered a new code editing library, CodeMirror, for the kernel. CodeMirror supports syntax highlighting, error checking and verification when creating and editing code, and can be used in plug-ins, such as CSS or JavaScript include.
MediaElement.js updated to 4.2.6
WordPress 4.9 includes an updated version of MediaElement.js, which eliminates the dependency on jQuery, improves accessibility, makes the UI more modern, and fixes many errors.
Role and permission improvement
New permissions have been introduced to manage plug-ins and translation files more accurately. In addition, the website switching process in multi site has been adjusted to update the available roles and permissions in a more reliable and consistent way.
