WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 Released

WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 Released

WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 has been released for public testing and feedback! The newest version WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 is a Beta Release and is due next month. This release focuses on adding new features to the WordPress CMS.

WordPress 4.4 Beta 1 comes with a number of new features as listed below:

This latest update of the 12 year old CMS, WordPress comes with the following featues:

  • Twenty Sixteen
    The new default theme for WordPress
  • Responsive Images
    Auto resizing of images to fit screen/viewport size and resolution
  • Embeds
    A variety of new embeds such as YouTube, Flickr, Twitter etc
  • URL Previews
    You can new preview posts from other WordPress sites by pasting the URL
  • Developer Changes:
    REST API development
    Term Metadata inclusion
    Improved page title rendering
    More efficient comment classes

We are really excited about the newest theme Twenty Sixteen, the newest CMSpecific theme for WordPress. It’s a shame that we have to wait 2 years for each of these but all of them have been worth the wait.

NetON Beta Release Update Policy

Beta releases are not recommended for live or production websites as they have a number of bugs, they are mostly suitable for developers to try new features and report on bugs. Please read through this post to see what is coming to WordPress, however noting that the final version may be slightly different from the Beta Release. Please note that because this is a Beta Release, we won’t be updating your WordPress installation with this release.

NetON WordPress Development Services

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WordPress Demo Website

We keep an upto date demo site with the latest (sometimes even nightly builds) of WordPress that you are welcome to have a look at the url here.

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