Version 4.2 of WordPress, named “Powell” in honor of jazz pianist Bud Powell, has been released by WordPre
ss.org and  is available for download or for update in your WordPress dashboard.

New features include:

Improved Press This. From the Tools menu, add Press This to your browser bookmark bar or your mobile device home screen. Once installed you can share your content with lightning speed. Sharing your favorite videos, images, and content has never been this fast or this easy.

Extended character support out-of-the-box, including native Chinese, Japanese, and Korean characters, musical and mathematical symbols, and hieroglyphs. Emoji are also now available in WordPress.

Improved Preview of installed themes from the Customizer. This allows you to make sure the theme you want to use looks great with your content, before it goes live on your site.

Better embeds that allow you to paste links directly from Tumblr.com and Kickstarter right in the editor.

Streamlined plugin updates.

Find out more about WordPress 4.2 “Powell”.