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After the release of WordPress 4.1 , development of the next major version is in full swing. WordPress 4.2 will be the first major release of 2015 and is scheduled for release in late April. There are a lot of exciting things associated with it. In this article, we will show you what's coming in WordPress 4.2 with features and screenshots.

You can try the beta version on your computer or in a staging environment by using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin.

New and improved emoji support
Do you use emoji's in your text messages, Facebook statuses, etc? Well, now you can use them in your WordPress blog posts too.

Emojis are a cool and fun way to express your feelings in a text-based communication. For a long time, WordPress only had basic emoticons, and although it was possible for users to add emoji support to WordPress , it was not supported by the core.

With WordPress 4.2, your WordPress sites will have list of bolivia cell phone number built-in emoji support. If you're using a mobile device, you can easily add emojis to your posts, comments, categories, and most places where you can write text. This includes post slugs.


Update: We noticed that many users weren't so keen on emojis and would have preferred other features. We wanted to emphasize that emoji support grew out of the foundational work that needed to be done to improve the WordPress database and to natively use Han characters (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) in WordPress.

WordPress 4.2 brings improvements to installing, browsing, and previewing themes through the WordPress Customizer. You will now be able to switch, preview, and activate themes from the Theme Customizer screen.