Last month WordPress 3.9 was released in April and all our wp:Manage sites have been updated. This release brings lots of great new features to the administration interface so we thought it was worth giving our customers a quick run-down on what’s new…
What’s New
General
- A smoother media editing experience
- Improved visual editing – speed, accessibility, and mobile support
- Edit images easily – quicker access to crop and rotation tools, scale images directly in the editor
- Drag and drop your images right onto the editor
- Image gallery previews right in the editor
- Showcase music and clips with simple audio and video playlists
- Live widget and header image previews in the Customizer
- Stunning new theme browser
- The “update” message has been restored to the dashboard
Posts
- Add “Return to post editor” link from Revisions screen
- A “View Post” link will now show for any post an author can read
- Distraction Free Writing mode is now responsive to any size device
Media
- Edit images from the Add Media modal
- Improvements to the “Attach Media” pop-up interface
- Better support for auto-playing videos
- Drag and Drop files into the editor
- Full-screen Drag and Drop zone in Distraction Free Writing
- oEmbed support added for imgur and meetup.com
Comments
- Small improvements to comment administration screens, link colors, language tweaks
Appearance
- Widget Customizer management
- Upload header images with cropping in the Customizer
- Improved theme install workflow
Users
- Admin auto-complete improvements
- Make sure the “Send this password to the new user by email” toggle option value is remembered
Accessibility
- Improved focus styles for form elements throughout the admin
- Keyboard accessibility added for theme install screen and theme action buttons
Update
WordPress 3.9.1 has since been released. This is a security/bug fix with no additional new or changed functionality.
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