{"id":11253401,"date":"2019-05-19T07:33:19","date_gmt":"2019-05-19T07:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=11253401"},"modified":"2019-05-19T07:33:19","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T07:33:19","slug":"version-3-3","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-3-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 3.3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On December 12, 2011, WordPress&nbsp;<strong>Version 3.3<\/strong>, named for Sonny Stitt, was released to the public. For more information on this major release, read the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2011\/12\/sonny\/\">WordPress Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For&nbsp;<strong>Version 3.3<\/strong>, the database version (<strong>db_version<\/strong>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<strong>wp_options<\/strong>) changed to 19470, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/\">Trac<\/a>&nbsp;revision was 19592.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;milestone=3.3\">View Closed Tickets<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Easier Uploading<\/strong><ul><li>File Type Detection &#8211; A single upload button<\/li><li>Drag-and-Drop Media Uploader<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Dashboard Design<\/strong><ul><li>New Toolbar in the dashboard, combining the Admin Bar and admin header<\/li><li>Responsive design for some screens, including iPad\/tablet support<\/li><li>Flyout menus, providing single-click access to any screen<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>New User Experience<\/strong><ul><li>New feature pointers, helping users navigate new features<\/li><li>Post-update About screen<\/li><li>Dashboard welcome area for new installs<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Content Tools<\/strong><ul><li>Better co-editing that releases post locks immediately<\/li><li>Don&#8217;t lose widgets when switching themes<\/li><li>Tumblr Importer<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Under the Hood improvements<\/strong><ul><li>Use the postname permalink structure without a performance penalty<\/li><li>Improved Editor API<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Function_Reference\/is_main_query\">is_main_query()<\/a>&nbsp;function and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Class_Reference\/WP_Query\">WP_Query<\/a>&nbsp;method<\/li><li>Remove a number of funky characters from post slugs<\/li><li>jQuery 1.7.1 and jQuery UI 1.8.16<\/li><li>A new Screen API for adding help documentation and adapting to screen contexts<\/li><li>Improved metadata API<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Performance improvements and hundreds of bug fixes<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">User Features<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">General<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Admin doctype changed to HTML5 (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/18202\">#18202<\/a>)<\/li><li>Show Toolbar in backend by default (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/17899\">#17899<\/a>)<\/li><li>Drag and drop multi-file uploading (except older IE)<\/li><li>Fix Press This editors<\/li><li>Switch admin menus to flyouts from dropdowns<\/li><li>WebMatrix support<\/li><li>Improve cron locking; 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