WordPress 4.5 was released on April 12, the update brings not many new features, but good improvements.
The biggest changes are:
Customizer improvements:
- Now you can test your theme how it will look on a small device like a tablet or a smartphone.
- Also you can upload a logo if the theme support it.
- The changes in the Customizer are in real-time, so you can see your changes without a reload of the site.
Visual Editor improvements:
- You can easier input URLs with an autocomplete function direct in the text.
- Also new text-shortcuts were released for the Visual Editor:
- Use `your code` to transform <code>my code</code>
- Use --- to transform <hr />
Optimization of image generation:
- The image sizes were reduced up to 50% with near identical visual quality. Now the meta-data of an image will be removed and the compression-rate is 82 instead of 90.
Comment Refinement
- Better Layout for the comment content, navigation via a text link, updated message styles and so on.
- The comment form now enforce the maximum length of each field.
Security-fixes:
- SSRF Bypass using Octal & Hexedecimal IP addresses
- Reflected XSS on the network settings page
- Script compression option CSRF
Bug-fixes:
- Support Windows shares/DFS roots in wp_normalize_path()
- OPTIONS request to REST API does not return correct Accept heade
Improvements for developer:
- Embed templates – Embed templates were split into parts and can now be directly overridden by themes via the template hierarchy.
- embed-{post-type}-{post_format}.php
- embed-{post-type}.php
- embed.php
- wp-includes/theme-compat/embed.php
- Script loader – Introduces wp_add_inline_script() for including inline JavaScript just like wp_add_inline_style() works for CSS.
A more detailed list of changes you can see here.
Don’t forget to keep your WordPress installation up to date and backup before you press the button.
