If you notice images don’t load after upgrading to WordPress 4.4 and you use SSL on the frontend, you’re not alone. In a thread on the WordPress.org support forum, Brokkr explains the crux of the problem: I recently switched my WordPress site to https after getting certificates from Let’s Encrypt. Using 4.3.1 all content was…
After four months of intense development led by Scott Taylor, WordPress 4.4 “Clifford” named after jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is available for download. This release features responsive images, WordPress embeds, the Twenty Sixteen default theme, the first half of the REST API, and a host of small improvements. Responsive Images When users upload images to…
One of the key features in WordPress 4.4 is responsive images. Joe McGill, who is helping to merge the feature to core, joined me for a thirty minute interview to explain how it works. When users upload images in WordPress, it automatically crops new images to smaller sizes. For example, if you upload an image…