WordPress planning a forced remote upgrade rollout of old installs
They’re going to force the upgrade for 10’s of millions of eligible site that have the auto update feature an an effort to reduce the number sites that could be hacking targets and free up manpower who have to backport security updates.
When you create a new site, you may want to personalize it before making it public. On WordPress.com, we give you a safe space where you can work on building and editing your site until you’re ready to share it with the world.
Until recently, this Coming Soon mode was limited to new sites without plugins or custom themes installed. We realize, however, that many users — regardless of how long they’ve had a website on WordPress.com — might want to make updates, change the design, or add new functionality without making these changes visible to the public until they’re complete. Now, all sites have this Coming Soon option, and you can toggle it on or off as you wish.
Image Compare Block: show off your before / after pictures! This new block allows you to easily compare two images with a slider.
Latest Instagram Posts Block: this new block allows you to insert lists of the latest posts from your Instagram feed, on any post or page of your site.
