Do you follow the make/core blog? If not, you should!
Over on the make/core blog, we compiled all of the developer-focused changes in WordPress 4.3 in one spot. In case you don’t want to click, here’s a reprint of those changes:
- PHP4-style constructors have been deprecated, in preparation for the upcoming PHP7 release.
- Comments are now turned off on new pages, by default. And there was much rejoicing. 🎉
- Singular.php is a new theme template that can be used for any singular post, of any post type.
- A number of editor changes and enhancements have occurred this cycle, including an update to word/character counts.
- With the new site icon feature, filters have been added for custom site icon sizes as well as new Customizer controls.
- Speaking of the Customizer, changes were made to panels and sections and fast preview was enabled for menus in the Customizer.
- Header tags were updated through the admin screens, such that <h1> is now the default instead of <h2> for improved accessibility.
- Quite a few multisite changes occurred in this cycle, including the addition of
get_main_network_id(). - Passwords in WordPress 4.3 are strong by default.
get_transient()is now more strict in WordPress 4.3.- The old Distraction Free Writing (DFW) code has been removed.
- The code that powered the old theme preview has been removed.
- List tables have both API and UI changes, with the introduction of a primary column concept and easier subclassing.
Just a week and a half left to get your plugins updated. Thanks for all your hard work!