Display Current Version PLEASE

*Checks on live installation and test installation*

That’s a good idea and already happens. The version does get displayed in the admin dashboard exactly for reference. ??

In addition to that widget if you scroll down the footer says the version number in the lower right hand corner.

Then why do all the admins I have say “Get version X” in the lower right corner if it’s already running the version it’s telling me to get in the example you gave?

I don’t know. That box I copied the images from is via the default “At a Glance” widget. When you install WordPress it is automatically enabled.

Edit: Lower left corner? Whoops, I do know. When there’s no update you get the version. When there is an update you get the notice of the new version. The “At a Glance” widget should tell you what you are running but I’d want to double check what it says when there is a version upgrade.

For that to not display something or someone has to turn it off.

*Looks closer*

Now THAT’S interesting. The Network dashboard on my multisite does not have that “At a Glance” as an option. Is that where you mean? All of my sites in my network have that enables and displaying.

It is possible display the current version in the admin footer as part of the update message by adding the following code to a custom functions plugin, or to your child theme’s functions.php

class show_current_version {
	function __construct() {
		add_action('admin_init', array($this, 'admin_init'));
	}

	function admin_init() {
		add_filter('update_footer', array($this, 'update_footer'));
	}

	function update_footer($text) {
		global $wp_version;
		if ( preg_match('|update\-core\.php|', $text) ) {
			$text .= ' (Current Version ' . $wp_version . ')';
		}

	return $text;
	}
}

$show_current_version = new show_current_version();