What’s new in WordPress 4.7?
WordPress 4.7 "Vaughan" has appeared, honoring jazz singer Vaughan.
The appearance of 4.7 this time in less than 4 months following WordPress 4.6 . There are lots of cool features in the latest launches that will make your WordPress site even more awesome. As the "crazy fan" of WordPress, I am always interested in the new, and 4.7, obvious reforms, which is one of the most exciting innovations.
In this article, I will go over the new points in WordPress 4.7, as well as what you can see when updating your site. However, before going further, don't forget to recognize and appreciate the efforts of WP team with version 4.7 to come to us: Helen Hou-Sandi, Jeff Paul, Aaron Jorbin and 482 other contributors.
Before updating – Backup your Website
Don't forget to perform full website backup (database and file) before updating WordPress 4.7. You also need to check the theme and plugin to see if they say anything about WordPress 4.7 support.
If possible, it is highly recommended to apply update before to test or stageing environment to understand the "consequences" before large scale implementation.
If you encounter problems, try the basic troubleshoot steps. You can also visit the official WordPress support forum page .
Since WordPress 4.7 is a large version, you will have to run it manually when ready.
Introducing a new theme: Twenty Seventeen
Every year, WordPress launches a new wearable theme and this year is no exception. Twenty Seventeen is a completely new theme idea for business websites, including a large header area for you to display full screen image or video background. There are many parts on the home page that you can customize to match the content and the desired image.
You can customize it first if you want: http://2017.wordpress.net/ .
Video Headers
WordPress 4.7 now offers programmers to add video header to the theme. Users can then easily update this section via the Customizer.
Setup Site only once
Customizer will now help you set up the theme with live preview changes.
Building menu modified
With WordPress 4.7 you can now add pages directly in the editor menu, making building structure more important than ever. When you're done, just jump to the next page and add content.
Custom CSS and Live Previews
One of the cool new features of WordPress is the ability to directly add custom CSS through the Customizer so you can preview changes before you publish.
Language for User Admin
This is an ideal feature if you have multiple site managers with different native languages. If you want to view WordPress dashboard in a language other than the default language set on the site, you can now control the issue via user profiles.
PDF Thumbnail Previews
Now you will be able to see the thumbnail of the first PDF page right in the Media Library instead of the previous default file icon.
Features for Developers
REST API Content Endpoints
Now you will find REST API endpoints for post, comment, term, user, meta, and setting. This new feature provides new peripheral interaction with WordPress. You can find more information about WordPress REST API here .
WP_Hook
Recently, the code that constitutes actions and filters in WordPress has been carefully reviewed. You will also see some bug fixes.
Custom Bulk Actions
You can now list the list, not just in bulk edit and delete.
Theme API Updates
With theme developer, you should check out the new functions, hooks and vy actions in WordPress 4.7 .
The Registration API with Settings opens
register_setting () has been improved, now has type, description and REST API visibility.
Post Type Templates
Now the theme programming has more flexibility, since page template functionality to all posts has been expanded.
Wrapping Up
To learn more about WordPress 4.7, you can read WordPress Codex release notes .
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