WordPress 4.8 was released this week. Among other things, it brings visual text formatting to the text widget.
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WordPress 4.8 »Evans«
On June 8, WordPress 4.8 was released. Among other things, the new version comes with three new media widgets and improved link handling in the visual editor. More information about the release can be found in the announcement post.
Misc
- »What’s New in Gutenberg? (June 5th)«. Among other things, the team added support for multi-block selection and the first version of the freeform block.
- »JavaScript Chat Summary for June 6th«. The main topic was managing complexity.
- »Dev Chat Summary: June 7th (4.8 week 6)«.
Community
Misc
- »WordPress 4.8 adds events to the dashboard news widget«. Andrea Middleton would like to get reports from meetup and WordCamp organizers if this new feature increases the number of participants. The current question is, where this feedback should be given.