What are the new changes WordPress 4.9.8 has introduced?

Author: The Unplugged Web

There was a lot of talk and excitement about WordPress 4.9.8 and finally, it has been released with a bang. In this blog, we will see the details of the updates provided by WordPress 4.9.8. Users should update their WordPress version to take benefits of the latest security patches from WordPress Development.

Users can download or update the WordPress version directly from the dashboard itself. The latest version has fixed around 46 bugs, few enhancements and most important update included is the Twenty Seventeen bundles theme "Try Gutenberg" Callout. There are also different patches released for the older version as well alike to all the previous versions. As the latest version of WordPress has been released, the discussion of WordPress vs Joomla debate has taken place.

In this post, we will acknowledge you about the changes WordPress has to introduce in 4.9.8 and how it will help the users in their own projects or website.

The inclusion of "Try Gutenberg"

The main purpose of this update is to the acceptation of the Gutenberg plugin, so users can better understand how the Gutenberg functionality works and how they can get additional data and feedback. The focus of callout will be on the Gutenberg Editor. We have listed out the users who will have the facility to use the callout in WordPress 4.9.8.

  1. Contributor users and above rights users will be given away the callout if the Gutenberg has installed and activated.
  2. Admin users can view for a single site and Super Admin can view for multi-sites.

The latest version has also fixed 18 security patches to provide security and flexibility to WordPress users.

  1. Admin page have pagination for private requests.
  2. To improve consistency, site name will use in privacy emails for multisite.

The WordPress 4.9.8 has also fixed memory related issues:

WordPress 4.9.8 has been released with fixing memory leak issue that was faced by users then 4.9.7. So any users still facing "memory fatigued" issue in the website then relax as a new update has given you relief with reducing this issue in the latest update.

We have tried to acknowledge you what are the latest updates have been introduced by WordPress. So if you are looking for leading WordPress Development Company in USA or thinking to hire WordPress Developer then contact us and we ensure to provide the best WordPress Development service for your business.