WordPress team announced new version 3.7 of the popular CMS, named for Count Basie.

What’s new in WordPress 3.7

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

There are also many other improvements under the hood.

Fixed bugs

• 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.

All closed issue are here: http://trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=3.7

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