I just update my website to WordPress 3.9 arrives with better media editing, gallery previews, audio and video playlists, and more

I just updated my wordpress website to version 3.9 codename “Smith” in honor of African-American jazz musician Jimmy Smith, WordPress 3.9 is supposed to give users a better understanding of how their content will look once it is published. The team has put together a video to show it off:

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The new features are as follows:

• Improved visual editing: The new visual editor has improved speed, accessibility, and mobile support. You can paste into it from your word processor without wasting time to clean up messy styling.


• Edit images easily: With quicker access to crop and rotation tools, it’s now much easier to edit your images while editing posts and scale images directly in the editor.


• Drag and drop your images: Uploading your images is now as simple as grabbing them from your desktop and dropping them in the editor.


• Gallery previews: Galleries display a beautiful grid of images right in the editor, just like they do in your published post.


• Do more with audio and video: Images have galleries, and now media clips have playlists.


• Live widget and header previews: Add, edit, and rearrange your site’s widgets right in the theme customizer: preview your changes live and only save them when you’re ready. The improved header image tool also lets you upload, crop, and manage headers while customizing your theme.


• New theme browser: WordPress says you can now “lose yourself in the boundless supply of free WordPress.org themes.”