In today’s dynamic market, every blogger and developer wants a platform where they can easily update their blogs and web content. WordPress is a perfect website & content management system that not only associates blogging but also supports web content, news, and articles. A tech survey has shown that WordPress was used by more than 30.6% of a million websites in April 2018. Beautiful template design and plugin architecture make WordPress- a free & open source content management system very popular in the market. Writing interface and plugin discovery make the WordPress 4.0 version time-consuming. To improve the content management system, on 18 December 2014, WordPress version 4.1 “Dinah” was released with many advanced features. Jazz singer Dinah Washington, it has been named Dinah.
New Features in WordPress Version 4.1
When WordPress version 4.1 “Dinah” was released, rumors were spread that it was not different from version 4.0, it is just a number change, but in this article, we will prove wrong to these rumors by showing you what’s new in WordPress 4.1 and which features will be perfect for you after updating your sites. Let’s take a view on the exciting & improvement features of WordPress version 4.1-
Twenty Fifteen as the New Default Theme- As it is fixed that every year a new version comes of all popular remixes, there will be a new version 4.1 of WordPress which was released in December 2014. It comes with a new default theme that is named twenty fifteen. Twenty-fifteen– A focused theme is an elegant and customizable theme. If you are thinking of starting your WordPress website, this beautiful theme plays a very important role in your sites. A new, minimalistic-looking theme twenty fifteen is highly useful for blogs and small static websites. Also, it can support all languages with the aid of Google’s Noto Font Family.
Distraction-Free Writing Mode- In the previous version 4.0 of WordPress, the distraction-free mode was used for formatting everything. But, distraction-free writing mode in the new WordPress version 4.1 comes with a new concept- when this mode is activated, both the left and right column sides will be hidden and only the writing tool will stay, after moving the mouse on the left & right it will come back. Also, users require very useful tools that are distractions on post editor screens during writing posts.
Easy Language Switch- In the previous WordPress version, only had one language you could select at the installation process. But, problems are about to arise when users need more languages. WordPress 4.1 is the best solution for previous problems. WordPress 4.1 already comes with 44 languages. Also, you can change any language after installation from settings>> general screen, select one of from 40+ languages, and finally drop down the menu.
Easily Vine Embeds- Embedding the Vine link automatically is very easy, you have to just keep the Vine link in the visual editor and it will be automatically embedded.
Plugin Recommendation- WordPress 4.1 has a new feature plugin recommendation which comes with plugin tabs and a tab suggests a plugin that may be helpful for your WordPress websites. It is produced by an algorithm that’s the reason, consider it as a suggestion.
WordPress 4.1 version is perfect for both bloggers and developers. It comes with many goodies and various exciting improvements for controls, sections, and contextual panels. With this version, both WordPress and theme developers can use the latest conditional logic and various operators in their queries and metadata. Beyond this, customized API and title tags also make this perfect for WordPress developers. In this article, you have known what’s the release date of the WordPress 4.1 version and what’s new in this WordPress 4.1 version.