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WordPress Versions
Till now many versions of WordPress has launched. Some of them are older versions, some are older but still supported, some are latest and some are still not launched.
The name of WordPress versions are kept on the United States musicians name.
Older Versions
| Version | Released date | Musician | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.7 | May 27, 2003 | none | Numbering is continued with last release of b2 |
| 1.0 | Jan 3, 2004 | Davis | Additions of search engine friendly links |
| 1.2 | May 22, 2004 | Mingus | Plugin support added |
| 1.5 | Feb 17, 2005 | Strayhorn | Added features to manage static page and theme system |
| 2.0 | Dec 31, 2005 | Duke | Added features like rich editing, faster posting, image uploading and many more |
| 2.1 | Jan 22, 2007 | Ella | Redesigned interface, corrected security issues, improved editing tools and content management system |
| 2.2 | May 16, 2007 | Getz | Widget support for templates were added |
| 2.3 | Sept 24, 2007 | Dexter | Some security fixes, added native tagging support and brought easy notification of updates |
| 2.5 | Mar 29, 2008 | Brecker | Improved systems like plugin, editor, multi-file upload, extended search |
| 2.6 | Jul 15, 2008 | Tyner | Made WordPress as more powerful CMS, enables track changes to every post and page and allows posting from anywhere |
| 2.7 | Dec 11, 2008 | Coltrane | Added automatic upgrade, administration interface redesigned fully |
| 2.8 | June10,2009 | Baker | Redesigned widget interface, added improvement in speed |
| 2.9 | Dec 19, 2009 | Carmen | Added built-in image editor, global undo, batch plugin updating |
| 3.0 | June17,2010 | Thelonious | Added a new theme APIs, new default theme “Twenty Ten”, new UI |
| 3.1 | Feb23, 2011 | Reinhardt | Added admin bar which is displayed in all pages when admin is logged in, a new writing interface |
| 3.2 | Jul 4, 2011 | Gershwin | Made WordPress faster and lighter seeing growing speed in WordPress community |
| 3.3 | Dec 12, 2011 | Sonny | Focus on making WordPress familiar for tablet users and beginners |
| 3.4 | June13,2012 | Green | Improvements on theme customization and other minor changes |
| 3.5 | Dec 11,2102 | Elvin | new theme “Twenty Twelve”, support for color picker, retina display |
| 3.6 | Aug 1, 2013 | Oscar | New theme “Twenty Thirteen”, autosave, post locking, admin enhancements |
Older Supported Versions
| Version | Released date | Musician | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | Oct 24, 2013 | Basie | Automatic apply maintenance and security updates in background, recommendation of strong password |
| 3.8 | Dec 12, 2013 | Parker | New theme “Twenty Fourteen”, responsive for mobile devices, improved admin interface, easy main dashboard |
| 3.9 | Apr 16, 2014 | Smith | New theme browser, improvements in live widget, header previews |
| 4.0 | Sept 4, 2014 | Benny | Easy language change, plugin compatibility with PHP 5.5 and MySQL 5.6 |
| 4.1 | Dec 18, 2014 | Dinah | New theme “Twenty Fifteen”, vine embeds and distraction free writing |
| 4.2 | Apr 23, 2015 | Powell | “Press This” feature, emoji and improved character support |
| 4.3 | Aug 18, 2015 | Billie | More focus on mobile users, improved customizer and better passwords |
| 4.4 | Dec 8, 2015 | Clifford | New theme “Twenty Sixteen”, improved responsive images |
| 4.5 | Apr 12, 2016 | Coleman | Added live responsive features, inline linking and some other updates |
Latest Version
| Version | Released date | Musician | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | Aug 16, 2016 | Pepper | Added native fonts, streamline updates and content recovery |
Future Version
| Version | Released date | Musician | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | Dec 2016 | none | Release is scheduled for December 2016 |
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