Download WordPress 4.9.6

By admin On May 17, 2018

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Version 4.9.6 of WordPress has been released. With this program, which is made available under a gpl, it is possible to set up and maintain a website or blog. WordPress is easy to set up and can run within five minutes if a server with php and MySQL is already available. There are possibilities to extend the functionality of WordPress with plug-ins and to change the appearance with themes . The release notes for this issue can be found below.

Privacy
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) takes effect on May 25. The GDPR requires companies and site owners to be transparent about how they collect, use, and share personal data. It also gives people more access and choice when it comes to how their personal data is collected, used, and shared.
It’s important to understand that while the GDPR is a European regulation, its requirements apply to all sites and online businesses. that collect, store, and process personal data about EU residents no matter where the business is located.
You can learn more about the GDPR from the European Commission Data Protection page .
We’re committed to supporting site owners around the world in their work to comply with this important law. As part of that effort, we’ve added a number of new privacy features in this release.
Comments
Logged-out commenters will be their name, email address, and website are saved in a cookie on their browser.
Privacy Policy Page
Site owners can designate a privacy policy page. This page will be shown on your login and registration pages. You should manually add a link to your website. If you have a footer menu, that’s a great place to include your privacy policy.
In addition, we’ve created a guide that includes insights from WordPress and participating plugins on how they handle personal data. These insights can be copied and pasted into your site’s privacy policy to help you get started.
If you maintain a plugin that collects data, we recommend that information in WordPress’ privacy policy guide. Learn more in our Privacy section of the Plugin Handbook .
Data Handling Data Export
Site owners can export a ZIP file containing a user’s personal data, using data gathered by WordPress and participating plugins.
Data Erasure
Site owners can erase a user’s personal data, including data collected by participating plugins.

Site owners have a new email-based method that can be used to confirm personal data requests. This request confirmation tool for export and erasure requests, and for both registered users and commenters

Maintenance
95 updates were made in WordPress 4.9.6. In addition to the above,

“Mine” has been added as a filter in the media library

When viewing a plugin in the admin, it will now tell you the minimum PHP version required.

We have added new PHP polyfills for forwards-compatibility and proper variable validation.

TinyMCE was updated to the latest version (4.7.11).

This post has more information about all issues fixed in 4.9.6 if you’d like to learn more .