The Editor in WordPress 4.5

Inline Link Toolbar

From WordPress 4.5 you will be able to link text with an inline toolbar, which replaces the link modal. You will still be able to access the modal with the gear icon in the toolbar, if you’re using one of the advanced fields or are using a pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that extends the modal. Eventually we will try to move all those fields inline, though still under an advanced toggle and not visible by default. For those interested, see #36312.

Inline link toolbar.

Text Patterns

We also added some more text patterns, or shortcuts if you like: `text` will change to <code>text</code> and --- (or more dashes) will change to <hr> while typing. We considered adding patterns for bold and italic, but there was no consensus yet and we’d like to test the inline text patterns first on an HTMLHTML HyperText Markup Language. The semantic scripting language primarily used for outputting content in web browsers. tagtag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) mostly used by developers. See #33301.

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