December 8, 2015 — Version 4.4 of WordPress, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.4 make your site more connected and responsive and introduces a new default theme, Twenty Sixteen.

August 18, 2015 — WordPress 4.3 “Billie” (named after jazz singer Billie Holiday) is all about making it even easier to format your content and customize your site. You can learn more about the release on the WordPress.org blog.

April 23, 2015 — WordPress 4.2 “Powell” (named after jazz pianist Bud Powell) is all about communicating and sharing, globally. You can learn more about the release on the WordPress.org blog.

November 1, 2014 — WordPress is popular which means many people want to learn how to use it via a classroom setting or one-on-one instruction. Having been a teacher of WordPress for several years, Tracy has experienced the ups and downs of teaching WordPress and has developed techniques that work well for students. In her presentation Tracy shares tips, tricks and things to avoid when teaching folks to use WordPress.

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September 4, 2014 — WordPress 4.0 “Benny” (named after jazz great Benny Goodman) is all about deepening the seamless experience of creating, managing, and publishing your content. You can learn more about the release here.

July 31, 2013 — Do you think tapping into “advanced” WordPress functionality is only for developers? Anyone can build a site that takes advantage of all that WordPress has to offer. Learn about Templates, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, The Loop, Hooks, Actions & Filters and how power users and designers can use them to build a great site with custom functionality.

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