WordPress 4.5 is the latest version of WordPress! Version 4.5 , named Coleman (in honor of the jazz musician Coleman Hawkins) is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard!
WordPress 4.5 Features include:
Inline Linking
Stay focused on your writing with a less distracting interface that keeps you in place and allows you to easily link to your content.
Formatting Shortcuts
Do you enjoy using formatting shortcuts for lists and headings? Now they’re even more useful, with horizontal lines and <code>.
Live Responsive Previews
Make sure your site looks great on all screens! Preview mobile, tablet, and desktop views directly in the customizer.
Custom Logos
Themes can now support logos for your business or brand. The Twenty Fifteen and Twenty Sixteen themes have been updated to support custom logos, which can be found in the Site Identity section of the customizer.
Better image compression
By default, WordPress has always compressed images upon upload. By making a small change in the compression percentage, from 90% to 82%, WordPress can enable, “reduced image sizes by an average of ~25%.”
And more!
Overall, 372 bugs have been marked as fixed in WordPress 4.5 (so far). There are also dozens of new hooks and dozens of hooks that have received additional parameters. OK – this last part is a little geeky, but if you are a developer, you understand what this means! Check that you are sending the correct number of parameters!
If you aren’t geeky, then you you might see more errors listed in your error log if a plugin or theme developer has not updated this!
Recommendation
If you are using self-hosted and using WordPress, we recommend that you upgrade to WordPress 4.5 as soon as you can! Of course, make a backup of your site first, just to be safe!
Leave a comment below if you are going to upgrade! If you are not going to upgrade, let us know why not!
I have my blog backed up by WordPress every night. Is there somewhere else I should back it up before I upgrade? Thanks for this info
Are you sure it is being backed up, Martha? How easily can you get the site restored if an issue does occur? Sometimes it can be a pain in the neck to get a hosting company to restore a website if we need it to be restored. It is always a good practice to do a ‘dry run’ to see if backup procedures are really working.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the reminder. Just updated a few hours ago. Also had some themes needing updates. Sometimes I feel like a lumberjack, spending as much time sharpening the tools as I spend doing the work.
I know how that feels, Doug! We are constantly working on client sites and when the updates come out… well, we are just as busy! I feel your pain 😉