Version 4.3 of WordPress, named “Billie” in honor of jazz singer Billie Holiday, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.3 make it even easier to format your content and customize your site.
Menus in the Customizer
Create your menu, update it, and assign it, all while live-previewing in the customizer. The streamlined customizer design provides a mobile-friendly and accessible interface. With every release, it becomes easier and faster to make your site just the way you want it.
Formatting Shortcuts
Your writing flow just got faster with new formatting shortcuts in WordPress 4.3. Use asterisks to create lists and number signs to make a heading. No more breaking your flow; your text looks great with a * and a #.
Site Icons
Site icons represent your site in browser tabs, bookmark menus, and on the home screen of mobile devices. Add your unique site icon in the customizer; it will even stay in place when you switch themes. Make your whole site reflect your brand.
Better Passwords
Keep your site more secure with WordPressโ improved approach to passwords. Instead of receiving passwords via email, youโll get a password reset link. When you add new users to your site or edit a user profile, WordPress will automatically generate a secure password.
Other improvements
- A smoother admin experience – Refinements to the list view across the admin make your WordPress more accessible and easier to work with on any device.
- Comments turned off on pages – All new pages that you create will have comments turned off. Keep discussions to your blog, right where theyโre supposed to happen.
- Customize your site quickly – Wherever you are on the front-end, you can click the customize link in the toolbar to swiftly make changes to your site.
The Team
This release was led by Konstantin Obenland, with the help of these fine individuals. There are 246 contributors with props in this release. Pull up some Billie Holiday on your music service of choice, and check out some of their profiles:
@mercime ยท Aaron D. Campbell ยท Aaron Jorbin ยท Adam Heckler ยท Adam Silverstein ยท Aki Björklund ยท Alex Kirk ยท Alex Mills ยท Alin Marcu ยท andfinally ยท Andrea Fercia ยท Andrea Gandino ยท Andrew Nacin ยท Andrew Ozz ยท Andy Fragen ยท Ankit K Gupta ยท Anthony Burchell ยท anubisthejackle ยท Aram Zucker-Scharff ยท Arjun S Kumar ยท avnarun ยท Ben Cole ยท Ben Dunkle ยท Ben Dwyer ยท BinaryKitten ยท Birgir Erlendsson (birgire) ยท Bjørn Johansen ยท Boone B. Gorges ยท Brad Touesnard ยท brad2dabone ยท Bram Duvigneau ยท Brandon Kraft ยท Brian Krogsgard ยท Brian Layman ยท Caleb Burks ยท CalEvans ยท CantonBolo ยท Chase Wiseman ยท Chip Bennett ยท Chouby ยท Chris Olbekson ยท chriscct7 ยท Clement Biron ยท Craig Ralston ยท Daisuke Takahashi ยท Daniel Bachhuber ยท Daniel Jalkut (Red Sweater) ยท Daniele Scasciafratte ยท daniluk4000 ยท Dave McHale ยท DaveAl ยท David A. Kennedy ยท David Herrera ยท daxelrod ยท Denis de Bernardy ยท Dennis Ploetner ยท Dennis Snell ยท Derek Herman ยท DH-Shredder ยท Dion Hulse ยท Dipesh Kakadiya ยท Dominik Schilling ยท Drew Jaynes ยท Dustin Bolton ยท Dutch van Andel ยท Dzikri Aziz ยท eclev91 ยท eligijus ยท Elio Rivero ยท Ella Iseulde Van Dorpe ยท Eric Andrew Lewis ยท Eric Binnion ยท Eric Mann ยท Fabien Quatravaux ยท Felix Arntz ยท francoeurdavid ยท Frank Klein ยท gabrielperezs ยท Garth Mortensen ยท Gary Jones ยท Gary Pendergast ยท George Stephanis ยท Glenn Mulleners ยท gtuk ยท hailin ยท hauvong ยท Helen Hou-Sandรญ ยท Henrik Akselsen ยท Hinaloe ยท Hrishikesh Vaipurkar ยท Hugo Baeta ยท Iain Poulson ยท Ipstenu (Mika Epstein) ยท isaacchapman ยท izem ยท J.D. Grimes ยท Jack Lenox ยท jadpm ยท James Golovich ยท James Huff ยท jancbeck ยท Jeff Farthing ยท Jeremy Felt ยท Jeremy Pry ยท Jeremy Ward ยท Jesin A ยท Jip Moors ยท jjberry ยท Jobst Schmalenbach ยท Joe Dolson ยท Joe Hoyle ยท Joe McGill ยท Joey Kudish ยท John Blackbourn ยท John James Jacoby ยท John Leschinski ยท Joost de Valk ยท Josh Davis ยท Jpyper ยท Juliette Reinders Folmer ยท Julio Potier ยท Justin Sternberg ยท Kai Jacobsen ยท Karin Christen ยท Kelly Choyce-Dwan ยท Kevin Koehler ยท kitchin ยท Kite ยท Konstantin Kovshenin ยท Lance Willett ยท Lee Willis ยท Leo Gopal ยท loushou ยท Lucas Karpiuk ยท Lumaraf ยท Marin Atanasov ยท Mario Peshev ยท Marius L. J. ยท Mark Jaquith ยท Marko Heijnen ยท marsjaninzmarsa ยท martinsachse ยท Mathieu Viet ยท Matt Mullenweg ยท Matt Robinson ยท Matt Wiebe ยท Mel Choyce-Dwan ยท Michael ยท Michael Adams (mdawaffe) ยท Michael Arestad ยท Michael Nelson ยท michaelryanmcneill ยท Mickey Kay ยท mihai ยท Mike Hansen ยท Milan Dini? ยท Morgan Estes ยท mrutz ยท Nícholas André ยท Nabil ยท Naoko Takano ยท Nazmul Hossain Nihal ยท Nick Halsey ยท Nick Momrik ยท Nikolay Bachiyski ยท Nilambar Sharma ยท Onni Hakala ยท Ozh ยท Paresh Radadiya ยท Pascal Birchler ยท Paul Ryan ยท Paul Wilde ยท Paul Wong-Gibbs ยท pavelevap ยท Pete Nelson ยท Peter Wilson ยท PeterRKnight ยท Philip Arthur Moore ยท Pippin Williamson ยท pragunbhutani ยท presscustomizr ยท Rachel Baker ยท Rami Yushuvaev ยท rarylson ยท Rastislav Lamos ยท Rauchg ยท Ravinder Kumar ยท RC Lations ยท Reuben Gunday ยท Rian Rietveld ยท Ritesh Patel ยท Robert Chapin ยท Robert Dall ยท Rodrigo Primo ยท Rommel Castro ยท Ross Wintle ยท Rouven Hurling ยท Ryan Boren ยท Ryan Marks ยท Ryan McCue ยท Ryan Neudorf ยท Ryan Welcher ยท Sagar Jadhav ยท Sal Ferrarello ยท Samir Shah ยท santagada ยท Scott Kingsley Clark ยท Scott Reilly ยท Scott Taylor ยท scribu ยท Sean Hayes ยท Sebastian Tiede ยท Sergey Biryukov ยท Shawn Hooper ยท Sheri Bigelow ยท Simon Wheatley ยท Siobhan ยท Stanko Metodiev ยท Stephane Daury (stephdau) ยท Stephen Edgar ยท Steve Grunwell ยท Steven Word ยท stuartshields ยท Sudar Muthu ยท Sunny Ratilal ยท taka2 ยท Tellyworth ยท tharsheblows ยท Thomas L?Excellent ยท Thor Brink ยท Tim Smith ยท tmatsuur ยท TobiasBg ยท Tomas Mackevicius ยท TomHarrigan ยท Toro_Unit (Hiroshi Urabe) ยท Toru Miki ยท Tracy Levesque ยท Tryon Eggleston ยท Ty Carlson ยท Udit Desai ยท Umesh Nevase ยท vivekbhusal ยท vortfu ยท Weston Ruter ยท Will Earnhardt ยท Will Norris ยท willgladstone ยท willstedt ยท Yoav Farhi ยท Yuri Salame ยท Zach Wills ยท Zack Katz ยท Zack Tollman
Special thanks go to Siobhan McKeown for producing the release video, Hugo Baeta for the design, and Jack Lenox for the voice-over.
Finally, thanks to all of the contributors who provided subtitles for the release video, which at last count had been translated into 30 languages!
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