{"id":28220,"date":"2017-11-13T22:15:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=28220"},"modified":"2017-11-13T22:15:15","modified_gmt":"2017-11-13T20:15:15","slug":"wordpress-4-9-field-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/13\/wordpress-4-9-field-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.9 Field Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/\">WordPress<\/a> 4.9 is just around the corner (<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2017\/10\/wordpress-4-9-release-candidate\/\">scheduled for release tomorrow<\/a>, November 14th).\u00a0 This version brings an impressive number of new features and improvements.\u00a0 The stats so far are:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Roughly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;type=defect+(bug)&amp;milestone=4.9&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=status&amp;col=type&amp;col=owner&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">400<\/a>\u00a0bugs,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;type=enhancement&amp;milestone=4.9&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=status&amp;col=type&amp;col=owner&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">181<\/a>\u00a0enhancements,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;type=feature+request&amp;milestone=4.9&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=status&amp;col=type&amp;col=owner&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">7<\/a>\u00a0feature requests, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;type=task+(blessed)&amp;milestone=4.9&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=status&amp;col=type&amp;col=owner&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">42<\/a>\u00a0blessed tasks have been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=4.9&amp;group=component&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=component&amp;col=version&amp;order=priority\">marked as closed in WordPress 4.9<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Figuring out all these changes and how they affect you is an effort in itself.\u00a0 But don&#8217;t you worry!\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2017\/11\/07\/wordpress-4-9-field-guide\/\">WordPress 4.9 Field Guide<\/a>, which showcases all the main changes and provides plenty of additional resources to follow up.<\/p>\n<p>Wow!\u00a0 WordPress 4.9 packs quit a punch!<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>WordPress 4.9 is just around the corner (scheduled for release tomorrow, November 14th).\u00a0 This version brings an impressive number of new features and improvements.\u00a0 The stats so far are: Roughly\u00a0400\u00a0bugs,\u00a0181\u00a0enhancements,\u00a07\u00a0feature requests, and\u00a042\u00a0blessed tasks have been\u00a0marked as closed in WordPress 4.9. 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