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In WP Toolkit, are you running a 'minor' or 'major' version of WordPress?

Donell Cox
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Question

While using WP Toolkit, you may wish to know if the version of WordPress is updating to a 'minor' version or a 'major' version?

 

Answer

Minor versions of WordPress are three digits strong. Example: 4.7.1

Major versions of WordPress are two digits strong. Example: 4.8

Below is an image inside WP Toolkit; you see the current version of WordPress is 5.8.1. This version is a minor version, which usually contains security updates and ease-of-life features.

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This information may be helpful if you are determining what update settings to use. The below image shows the WP Toolkit 'Update Settings' page.

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WordPress has more information on their versioning in their developer documentation.

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