{"id":7608639,"date":"2020-12-07T14:40:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T14:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=7608639"},"modified":"2020-12-07T15:52:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T15:52:30","slug":"wpml-4-4-7-compatible-with-wordpress-5-6-and-php-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/changelog\/2020\/12\/wpml-4-4-7-compatible-with-wordpress-5-6-and-php-8\/","title":{"rendered":"WPML 4.4.7 &#8211; compatible with WordPress 5.6 and PHP 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\">Today, we released WPML 4.4.7, which focuses on compatibility with the upcoming WordPress 5.6 major version and includes support for PHP 8.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\" tb-image tb-image-media aligncenter\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"79880dd6e5a28d685e82acefe52bbd28\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/twitter-24.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7608739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/twitter-24.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/twitter-24-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/twitter-24-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/twitter-24-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2020\/08\/13\/wordpress-5-6-release-planning\/\">WordPress 5.6<\/a> is expected to be released tomorrow, December 8th and will include several updates including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Support for PHP 8<\/li><li>Updates to latest jQuery scripts<\/li><li>New default theme, Twenty Twenty-One<\/li><li>Block Editor (Gutenberg) update to latest version with new features<\/li><li>Automatic updates for major WordPress core releases<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">PHP 8: new features, performance improvements and breaking changes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most important WordPress 5.6 feature is support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/\">PHP 8<\/a>. PHP 8 is a major version containing new features and performance improvements.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some important new features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>JIT compiler &#8211; While it\u2019s reported to make drastic performance improvements, it remains to be seen what the actual performance benefits will be for WordPress.<\/li><li>Union Types &#8211; allows specifying more than one type where either can be used. You can now use these types in function signatures rather than adding them in <strong>phpdoc<\/strong> annotations.<\/li><li>Attributes v2 &#8211; attributes, or annotations, that allow adding metadata to classes without needing to use docblocks. This makes it easier to read metadata and keep your code simple.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full list of features, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.php.net\/rfc#php_80\">PHP 8.0 RFCs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Breaking changes in PHP 8<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>PHP 8 also includes some inevitable breaking changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These breaking changes will affect every plugin and theme<\/strong>. It\u2019s important to install all available updates and test these releases on a development site. It will help you avoid problems when you update to WordPress 5.6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updating to WPML 4.4.7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.6 is available now. We strongly recommend trying WPML 4.4.7 and WordPress 5.6 <strong>on a development site<\/strong> to work out any potential issues with other plugins or themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have made the release available to clients immediately. If you don&#8217;t see the update available, go to the <strong>Plugins \u2192 Add New page<\/strong>, click the <strong>Commercial<\/strong> tab and then click the <strong>Check for updates<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image tb-image tb-image-media\" data-toolset-blocks-image=\"3ae1c27352a594de17cc062ddf1aa223\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"518\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1-1024x518.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5945133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1-150x76.png 150w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/wpml.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wpml-force-plugin-update-1.png 1069w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><div class=\"tb-image-caption\"><figcaption><em>Manually installing WPML plugin updates<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also download the plugins manually from your WPML account\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/account\/downloads\/\">Downloads<\/a> page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leave a comment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide your feedback in the comments below, and we\u2019ll reply!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we released WPML 4.4.7, which focuses on compati [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76577,"featured_media":7608717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7608639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-changelog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7608639"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7609629,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7608639\/revisions\/7609629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7608717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7608639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7608639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7608639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}