WordPress 4.0 arrives with embedded content previews, automatically expanding editor, and new plugin installer

WordPress.org today launched WordPress 4.0, which adds a slew of new features to give you a “smoother writing and management experience” with the blog management tool. You can download the new release now from http://ift.tt/1acqllH (6.3MB). Dubbed “Benny” in honor of American jazz clarinetist and bandleader Benny Goodman, WordPress 4.0 isn’t a major release; Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says “4.0 is just another number for us after 3.9 and before 4.1″ but he says the teams feels it has “put a little extra polish into it.” Here’s their video to show it off: The new features are as follows: Manage...

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