WordPress 4.7 “Vaughan” was released today and is named after jazz legend Sarah “Sassy” Vaughan.
What’s New in WordPress 4.7?
New Default Theme – Twenty Seventeen
WordPress 4.7 has a new theme that is pretty different from the previous theme. Twenty Seventeen focuses on business sites rather than bloggers. It also features a multi-section front – page customizable. You can personalize it with widgets, social menus, logo, and more.
REST API Content Endpoints :
The REST API endpoints were finally merged to the WordPress Core. Now creating flexible websites and applications is much easier.
This version also brings a ton of new features like user admin languages, improved PDF support, improved customizer and much more.
Changes for Developer :
- Post Type Templates
- More Theme API Goodies
- Custom Bulk Actions
- Settings Registration API
- Customize Changesets
IdeaBox’s team contribution to “Vaughan” :
With this release, we have two IdeaBox team members who contributed to WordPress 4.7: Achal Jain, and Monika Rao.
We are proud to see IdeaBox team members as WordPress contributors.
To know more about WordPress 4.7, Click here!