Getting familiar with the new feature list since 4.1

Since the last edition of this book was published, quite a staggering number of new features have been added to the WordPress software. If you're new to WordPress, this list may not mean a whole lot to you, but if you're familiar with WordPress and have been using it for a long time, you'll find this list quite enlightening:

• New default theme--Twenty Seventeen
• New Press This feature--making it easier to take any content you've found on the web and share it onto your WordPress website
• Easier theme installation and switching--all within the WordPress Customizer
• Easier plugin update and install from the Plugins screen--done with just a couple of clicks
• Support for native Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters, musical and mathematical symbols, hieroglyphs, and also a plethora of emojis (including all of the latest Unicode 9.0 emoji characters)
• Improvements to the way that passwords are chosen and changed
• Possibility to manage the site's favicon--both on desktop and mobile
• Improved customizer panels and Sections and new Customizer Media Controls
• Better display rules for matching images to different screen sizes and devices
• Integrated REST API infrastructure and the addition of API endpoints for WordPress content
• Extended custom header feature to introduce support for video headers
• Added user admin languages and locale switching
• Device previewer buttons added to the customizer to better visualize what the website looks like on desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Added inline link editing--enables adding links without switching to modal dialog
• Introduction of native device fonts for the WordPress admin panel
• Improvements to internationalization
• A lot of security improvements to protect your site from hacks and malicious scripts