{"id":11689,"date":"2017-01-16T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/?p=428903"},"modified":"2017-01-16T18:30:18","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T18:30:18","slug":"wordpress-4-7-reaches-10-million-downloads-releases-new-security-and-maintenance-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/?p=11689","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.7 Reaches 10 Million Downloads, Releases New Security and Maintenance Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-429217 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74.png\" alt=\"The latest version of WordPress is proving to be a hit with users. At over 10 million, the WordPress download numbers has broken a new milestone.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74.png 1000w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-325x182.png 325w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-120x67.png 120w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-400x224.png 400w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-670x375.png 670w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-830x465.png 830w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-660x370.png 660w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-850x476.png 850w, https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp74-620x347.png 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just a little over a month after its release, WordPress version 4.7 has been\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/counter\/\" >downloaded over 10 million times<\/a>, according to the official WordPress.org blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2015\/04\/best-site-builder-for-small-business.html\" >WordPress<\/a> Version 4.7 was released to the public on December 6, 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>WordPress 4.7 \u201cVaughan\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>WordPress 4.7, nick-named \u201cVaughan\u201d in honor of legendary American jazz vocalist Sarah \u201cSassy\u201d Vaughan, made significant improvements to previous versions of the popular blogging platform.<\/p>\n<p>According to WordPress.org, Vaughan brings your site to life with immersive featured images and video headers in a brand new default theme dubbed \u201cTwenty Seventeen.\u201d Twenty Seventeen focuses on business sites and features a customizable front page with multiple sections.<\/p>\n<p>You can personalize the default theme with widgets, navigation, social menus, a logo, custom colors and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur default theme for 2017 works great in many languages, on any device, and for a wide range of users,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2016\/12\/vaughan\/\" >writes<\/a>\u00a0WordPress lead developer Helen Hou-Sandi in a post announcing the release of Vaughan on the official WordPress.org blog.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below for key features of WordPress 4.7:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/AHz0Ca46\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>WordPress 4.7.1 Security Update Available<\/h2>\n<p>While Vaughan has been enthusiastically received since its release in December, developers say versions 4.7 and earlier are affected by at least eight security issues and a number of bugs. To fix these issues, WordPress developers this week <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2017\/01\/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release\/\" >announced<\/a> the immediate availability of WordPress 4.7.1 security and maintenance updates. WordPress 4.7.1 also fixes 62\u00a0bugs from 4.7.<\/p>\n<p>Websites that support automatic background updates are reportedly already beginning to update to WordPress 4.7.1. If your business website has not automatically updated, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/\" >download WordPress 4.7.1<\/a>\u00a0or head over to Dashboard -&gt; Updates and simply click \u201cUpdate Now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2017\/01\/wordpress-4-7-1-security-and-maintenance-release\/\" >explains<\/a> WordPress Core Contributor Aaron Campbell in a recent post announcing the release of WordPress 4.7.1.<\/p>\n<p><em><small>Image: WordPress.org<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article, &#8220;<a href='https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2017\/01\/wordpress-download-numbers.html'>WordPress 4.7 Reaches 10 Million Downloads, Releases New Security and Maintenance Update<\/a>&#8221; was first published on <a href='https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/'>Small Business Trends<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?a=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?i=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?a=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?a=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?i=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?a=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/SmallBusinessTrends?i=qPHjGX101hU:BfBM6_4Gsx8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/SmallBusinessTrends\/~4\/qPHjGX101hU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest version of WordPress is proving to be a hit with users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology-trends","category-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businessnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}