Software Update: WordPress 3.7.1

The first update for WordPress version 3.7 has been released. With this program, which is made available under a gpl license, it is possible to set up and maintain a weblog. WordPress is easy to set up and can be up and running in under five minutes if a server with PHP and MySQL is already available. There are possibilities to further extend the functionality of WordPress, in addition to blogging, and improve the appearance with plugins and themes to adjust. New in version 3.7 is the ability to automatically update in the background, stronger passwords are recommended and localized versions of the cms are better supported. Version 3.7.1 also brings the following improvements:

WordPress 3.7.1 Maintenance Release

WordPress 3.7.1 is now available! This maintenance release addresses 11 bugs, including:

• Images with captions no longer appear broken in the visual editor.
• Allow some sites running on old or poorly configured servers to continue to check for updates from WordPress.org.
• Avoid fatal errors with certain plugins that were incorrectly calling some WordPress functions too early.
• Fix hierarchical sorting in get_pages(), exclusions in wp_list_categories(), and in_category() when called with empty values.
• Fix a warning that may occur in certain setups while performing a search, and a few other notices.

For a full list of changes, consult the list of tickets and the changelog.