WordPress 4.2 "Powell"
About WordPress 4.2
General Info
WordPress 4.2 "Powell" is the 26th version of WordPress. It was named after the jazz musican Bud Powell.
This version was released 4 years ago, on April 23rd 2015. It had a lifespan of 117 days (~4 months).
Version 4.2 had 21 minor version, the last one released 6 months ago on June 5th 2018.
Although it's not the latest version of WordPress, it's still actively supported with automatic maintenance and security updates.
The entire 4.2 branch with all its minor versions was downloaded 88,951,048 times.
Release Announcement
WordPress 4.2 “Powell”
Minor Versions
| 4.2.1 | April 27, 2015 | Security Release |
| 4.2.2 | May 7, 2015 | Maintenance and Security Release |
| 4.2.3 | July 23, 2015 | Maintenance and Security Release |
| 4.2.4 | August 4, 2015 | Maintenance and Security Release |
| 4.2.5 | September 15, 2015 | Maintenance and Security Release |
| 4.2.6 | January 6, 2016 | Security Release |
| 4.2.7 | February 2, 2016 | Security Release |
| 4.2.8 | May 6, 2016 | Security Release |
| 4.2.9 | June 21, 2016 | Security Release |
| 4.2.10 | September 7, 2016 | Maintenance and Security Release |
| 4.2.11 | January 11, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.12 | January 26, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.13 | March 6, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.14 | April 20, 2017 | Maintenance Release |
| 4.2.15 | May 16, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.16 | September 19, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.17 | October 31, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.18 | November 29, 2017 | Security Release |
| 4.2.19 | January 16, 2018 | Security Release |
| 4.2.20 | April 3, 2018 | Security Release |
| 4.2.21 | June 5, 2018 | Security Release |
Release Video
An easier way to share content
Clip it, edit it, publish it. Get familiar with the new and improved Press This. From the Tools menu, add Press This to your browser bookmark bar or your mobile device home screen. Once installed you can share your content with lightning speed. Sharing your favorite videos, images, and content has never been this fast or this easy. Drag the bookmarklet below to your bookmarks bar. Then, when you’re on a page you want to share, simply “press” it.
Extended character support
Writing in WordPress, whatever your language, just got better. WordPress 4.2 supports a host of new characters out-of-the-box, including native Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters, musical and mathematical symbols, and hieroglyphs. Don’t use any of those characters? You can still have fun — emoji are now available in WordPress! Get creative and decorate your content with
Switch themes in the Customizer
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Even more embeds
Paste links from Tumblr.com and Kickstarter and watch them magically appear right in the editor. With every release, your publishing and editing experience get closer together.
Streamlined plugin updates
Goodbye boring loading screen, hello smooth and simple plugin updates. Click Update Nowand watch the magic happen.Under the Hood
utf8mb4 support
Database character encoding has changed from utf8 to utf8mb4, which adds support for a whole range of new 4-byte characters.JavaScript accessibility
You can now send audible notifications to screen readers in JavaScript withwp.a11y.speak(). Pass it a string, and an update will be sent to a dedicated ARIA live notifications area.
Shared term splitting
Terms shared across multiple taxonomies will be split when one of them is updated. Find out more in the Plugin Developer Handbook.Complex query ordering
WP_Query, WP_Comment_Query, and WP_User_Query now support complex ordering with named meta query clauses.
WordPress 4.2 Core Developers
WordPress 4.2 Core Contributors
WordPress 4.2 Development
Minimum Requirements
MySQL version 5.0.15 or greater.
Trac
Milestone 4.2 closed trac tickets.
WordPress 4.2 trac revision [32282].
WordPress 4.2 database version 31532.
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