I’m developing a plugin (my first plugin), and I wonder how to think about [supporting and testing various plugin version and WordPress version combinations]. For example, if I develop a plugin, and release versions 1.0 and 1.1 and 2.0. Meanwhile, WordPress releases versions 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4. Now, at the one extreme: Should I assume … Read more
When I go here to download WordPress – https://wordpress.org/download/, is there a page either on the web or nested within the folders of the downloaded package that will explain any core code modifications (i.e. new or refactored WordPress API components) within the latest version? I’m trying to learn what major API changes have been introduced … Read more
I’m a WordPress Core Bengali translator, currently translating and/or fixing existing translations of WordPress 3.8x Bengali in Translate.WordPress.org. Suddenly, yesterday I got an update notification in all my WPLANG ‘bn_BD‘ sites that, a new version of WordPress Bengali for WordPress 3.9 has come, so update your system. After the update I found a bluff update, … Read more
I’m in the process of developing a plugin, and I’d like to figure out which versions of WordPress to support. But to get a good idea I’d need to know what percentages of old WordPress versions make up the install base. Does such information exist? Alternatively if such information doesn’t exist, does anyone have a … Read more
Let say my theme host on my server. User download my theme and use it. Now I want notify @ alert for new version of my theme. Example to show “New version has been release. Please download at …” How to do that? 1 Answer 1 see: http://clark-technet.com/2010/12/wordpress-self-hosted-plugin-update-api Basically the idea is to hook your … Read more
This question already has answers here: How to remove file versions from the file source links in wp_head? (2 answers) Closed 8 years ago. I am trying to remove the WordPress version number from the file extensions for security purposes. Some of the enqueued files include the WordPress version number on the end of them, … Read more
Whats the difference between a nightly build and the latest stable download, and what is the ideal use case for each? On the Nightly Build Page it says: Development of WordPress moves fairly quickly and day-to-day things break as often as they are fixed. This high churn is part of our development process that aims … Read more
Since so many people seem to “hate” it, what is the real use of generating the wp version in the page source and adding it in the js and css files? 2 Answers 2 It’s use? I believe Automattic (and others) use it to generate stats on WP deployment worldwide, similar to Joomla and other … Read more
Is there a reference for the wordpress release and version model? In particular When a new release like 3.6 comes out, will 3.5 have security fixes for a period of time? Are some release more likely to have breaking changes? In other words, will 3.5 to 3.6 break less than something like 3.9 to 4? … Read more
On the botton of the dashboard WP proposes to upgrade to next version but it doesn’t even show current version: does it show it somewhere else ? 5 Answers 5 go to your wp-admin dash board there in the Right Now box you will be able to see the currently installed version of your wordpress … Read more
