Code name “Pepper” in honor of the jazz baritone saxophonist Park Frederick “Pepper” Adams III, WordPress version 4.6 is now available for download or update in the WP Admin.

The new features of 4.6 were designed to “help you to focus on the important things while feeling more at home”. For example, the Streamlined Updates feature keeps you on the same page while updating, installing, and deleting plugins and themes. The Admin Dashboard now uses the Native Fonts that you have on your computer rather than loading web fonts from the internet. This makes for faster Admin page load speeds which are always welcomed 😉

Editor improvements include an Inline Link Checker the will validate the URL is working properly, and the Content Recovery feature will save you progress in the browser so if you lose internet connectivity you won’t lose all your hard work.

You can read more about the geeky improvements under the hood on the WordPress blog.

We recommend confirming WordPress 4.6 compatibility with all of your plugin developers prior to updating your website. Also, be sure to run a full backup of your site’s files and database just incase there is a problem.

Since Current Media Group provides Managed WordPress Hosting, our clients don’t have to worry about upgrading their websites to version 4.6, because we take care of that for them. We backup the website files and database, run the core update, and then confirm the website is loading properly before going live. If we detect a problem, we’ll automatically roll it back to the state it was prior to the update and inform our clients of the issue. Automatic WordPress core updates is just one of the great features you get with our WordPress hosting plans.