On October 24, 2013, WordPress Version 3.7, named for Count Basie, was released to the public. For more information on this enhancement and bug-fix release, read the WordPress Blog, the Release Post, and see the Changelog for 3.7.

For Version 3.7, the database version (db_version in wp_options) changed to 25824, and the Trac revision was r25913.

You might not notice a thing, and we’re okay with that.

Background Updates Automatic updates for maintenance and security updates. Daily updates for developers using nightly builds.

Stronger Password Meter New password meter to encourage users to choose stronger passwords.

Improved Search More relevant search results.

Better Global Support Localized versions will receive faster and more complete translations. Background updates will include translations



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Under The Hood # Under The Hood

Optional filters for background updates, to allow for fine-grained control

Advanced Date Queries for posts now includes date ranges, older/newer than options, and more

Multisite now has wp_get_sites() to list all sites on the network

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Make shift + click selection of checkboxes work in both directions

Add RTL body classes to iFrames in the back-end

Actually limit password-protected post passwords to the 20-character limit

Display an error message when logging in with cookies disabled

Fix issue with failed searches reverting to previous search criteria

Fix bad styling when bulk actions are disabled for custom post types

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Add the image file size information in the attachment editing screen

Fix issue with orderby attribute getting removed from updated shortcodes

Stop linking to non-public post types from media screens

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Add commenter IP address on the Edit Comment screen

Remove generated avatars from comment moderation screens

Make email recipients filterable in wp_notify_moderator()

Add ability to filter comment screen by post type

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Only show a custom header image preview when an image is actually set

Display Customizer control descriptions

Enable the Customizer to load the home URL

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Fix plugin search errors related to PHP 5.4

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Ensure that the user_activation_key is hashed in the database

Trim leading and trailing spaces from passwords when saving

Streamline the behavior of the default password nag after login

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Make list table row actions keyboard accessible

Fix issue with a broken “Close” button on refresh in the Customizer

Improve default color contrast ratios in the default themes

After a post is updated, only focus the “Title” field if it’s empty

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Bug Fixes # Bug Fixes

Fix terms with a post count of 0 returning if ‘hide_empty’ is true.

Fix allowing https URL enclosures

Fixed bug with is_day by checking bad dates and redirect, instead of 404ing.

Avoid using the *_exists() functionality on ncFTPd servers

Allow a WP_Error return from register_new_user()

Hide the custom header image preview unless an image is set

Add signup_id primary key to $wpdb->signups

Fix issue with deleting terms shared across taxonomies from deleting associated nav menus

Cast $labels to array in get_taxonomy_labels() and _get_custom_object_labels() to avoid failure

Correct rewrite tag for hierarchical post types without a query_var.

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Introduce WP_Automatic_Updater class [22704]

Introduce Automatic_Upgrader_Skin class [25421]

Introduce Headerless_Upgrader_Skin class [25566]

Introduce WP_Date_Query class [25139]

Introduce WP_Comment_Query::date_query property [25139]

Introduce WP_Query::date_query property [25139]

Introduce WP_Query::stopwords property [25632]

Introduce WP_Query::parse_search() method [25632]

Introduce WP_Query::parse_search_terms() method [25632]

Introduce WP_Query::get_search_stopwords() method [25632]

Introduce WP_Query::reset_postdata() method [25601]

Introduce author__in and author__not_in for WP_Query [25248]

Introduce WP_Http_Streams class [25224]

Introduce WP_Http::handle_redirects() method [24843]

Introduce WP_Http::is_ip_address() method [25224]

Introduce WP_Meta_Query::get_cast_for_type() method [25269]

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Introduce unregister_taxonomy_for_object_type() [25596]

Introduce got_url_rewrite() [25456]

Introduce get_previous_post_link() [25327]

Introduce get_next_post_link() [25327]

Introduce get_adjacent_post_link() [25327]

Introduce wp_using_ext_object_cache() [25289]

Introduce is_main_network() template tag [25147]

Introduce verify_file_md5() [25541]

Introduce wp_clean_plugins_cache() [25272]

Introduce find_core_auto_update() [25421]

Introduce get_core_checksums() [25540]

Introduce wp_get_translation_updates() [25566]

Introduce wp_extract_urls() [25313]

Introduce __return_empty_string() [25037]

Introduce mbstring_binary_safe_encoding() [25346]

Introduce reset_mbstring_encoding() [25346]

Introduce wp_get_installed_translations() [25536]

Introduce wp_get_pomo_file_data() [25520]

Introduce get_post_type_archive_template() [25291]

Introduce wp_auto_updates_maybe_update() [25421]

Introduce wp_authenticate_spam_check() [24848]

Introduce wp_get_user_contact_methods() [25606]

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Make is_tag() accept a term-id, term-name, term-slug or an array of id’s, names and slugs [18746]

meta_box_cb callback for register_taxonomy() [25572]

description__like for get_terms() [25241]

show_in_menu for register_taxonomy() [25133]

Convert all get_category() calls to use get_terms()

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External Libraries # External Libraries

zxcvbn (password strength meter)

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