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WordPress 3.4 “Green” is out!

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WordPress 3.4 Green

Finally, WordPress 3.4 is here and out the door. The new version named “Green” in honor of guitarist Grant Green, and it has plenty of enhancements and impoverishment, especially in the theme customization, custom headers, Twitter embeds, and image caption.

WordPress 3.4 features introduction video

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It’s so clear that most features has been added towards theme customization in this release of WordPress 3.4, for both users and developers.

Head over WordPress 3.4 features page at the codex to read more about its features.

I’ve used 3.4 before on my dev sites, however I did an upgrade now to start using the latest version, pretty cool stuff!

Here are some of the main feature that you will probably enjoy the most!

Live Theme Previews

With 3.4, there is no need to rush anymore, You will have the option to customize your theme before activating it! (of course, you will need to actually have it installed on your blog).

live theme preview and customizer

Plus you will be able to customize your current theme, using the live preview mode.

Twitter Embeds : Share Tweets with Style

The new WP 3.4  allows you to embed individual tweets in posts. “It includes action links that allow readers to reply to, retweet, and favorite the tweet without leaving your site. Just paste a tweet URL on its own line”. Nice!

wordpress twitter embeds

This works with URLs from some other sites, too. For more, see the Codex article on Embeds.

Better Image Captions

Basic HTML support has been added to the caption field in the image uploader. This allows you to add links — great for photo credits or licensing details — and basic formatting such as bold and italicized text.

wordpress image caption

Have you upgraded to the new version?

How you like it so far?

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  1. Samuel Pustea says:
    I really love this new update. The ability to add forms and add an example tweet makes this update one of the best around. Good work by WordPress!
  2. Gouri says:
    And those using Thesis should also upgrade to the latest version of the theme to use this feature. Thanks for the post.
  3. Caleb says:
    That embedding functionality also works for YouTube vid urls, but the size of the video may be off depending on your post page parameters..
  4. Dean Saliba says:
    I did what I always do (and everyone else should do as well) and updated my small blogs first to make sure there were no problems before I upgraded my big blogs. I haven't noticed a major change which I think could be a good thing, I was always annoyed when a new version of something comes out and com[pletely changes the layout, just like Facebook did with their new timeline recently. Although I love the new feature which lets you work on a new theme without having to activate it first, no more having to turn the blog off and put up a maintenance notice. :)
  5. Aky Joe says:
    There seem to be Image Caption Problem with Thesis Theme Workaround.
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Thanks for reporting this Aky!
      • Aky Joe says:
        My Pleasure! In case somebody is looking to overcome this issue, can check out my article here.
        • Hesham Zebida says:
          Cool, I read the Tweets between you and Chris, so looking forward to 1.8.5
  6. DiTesco says:
    I just updated all my sites with 3.4 and fortunately, nothing broke :) All is running smooth and the additions are indeed welcomed. I really like the "theme" customization part, but sadly it does not work on all themes. However, I am sure that in the future it will be moving to that direction as more theme developers make their themes compatible with the new WP feature. The tweet embed and better image caption are also great. Man, I love WordPress :)
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Thanks for the confirmation buddy, I did a couple of my sites, things are going well so far! Just read on StudioPress, they's upgraded their main site, and working on an upgrade to overcome some minor issues (that is not really a big deal), however .. I didn't hear anything from the Thesis side, so things seems OK.
  7. Amrik says:
    Wow, awesome …Nice review :)The theme customizer is the biggest change in version 3.4 of WordPress, allowing admins to change various aspects and settings of a theme.
  8. Anita Krie says:
    This is why I love WP. Every time then update it, my work gets easier and easier. Beside new Twitter feature, I like what they done with image caption. I upload a lot of images on my site daily and this will save me some extra time. Thumbs up for WP.
  9. Amandeep Singh says:
    I upgraded to 3.4 immediately after it was released and I must say these are many basic but important features that would make bloggers' lives easier. I like the twitter embed - effortless... However, I am on thesis and it does not have many options in Theme Customizer tool - maybe they would plan somethings for the next release. :)
    • Hesham Zebida says:
      Let's see how Thesis will respond to the new update! Thanks for the feedback.
  10. Ray says:
    Looks interesting. I might give the Twitter Tweets feature a test drive. I am sure I will probably get some use out of the image captions feature too. I will wait a few days so I can check my plugin compatibility. I don't foresee any problems, but I will do some checking first just to make sure.
  11. Ari Wahyudi says:
    I just upgraded this morning, and I think the new theme option is quite cool. Wordpress rocks!
  12. Joe Boyle says:
    I think this is a fantastic update geared towards the users who aren't as Wordpress-savvy. After looking through a large amount of forum postings, I've realized that Wordpress isn't as easy to others as I've come to see it. I'm particularly excited about this new Twitter-box addition to our posts. It'll be so much simpler to incorporate social media into our articles now.