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Download older plugin versions from wordpress.org

There’s a simple way to get hold of previous versions of your WordPress plugins, for example if a current version breaks your setup.

On the right side of the plugin’s page there a link called “Advanced View”, which should better be called “Version View”:

Very, very (very) far at the end of the page there a dropdown box where you can select the desired version and click “Download” the get the desired version:

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New hooks in WordPress 3.8

WordPress 3.8 introduced one new action and five new filters:

  • automatic_updates_complete
    Action triggered after all automatic updates have run.
    (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php)

  • automatic_updates_debug_email
    Filter the debug email that can be sent following an automatic background core update.
    (wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php)
  • comment_notification_notify_author
    Filter whether to notify comment authors of their comments on their own posts.
    (wp-includes/pluggable.php)
  • dashboard_glance_items
    Include additional elements in the ‘At a Glance’ dashboard widget. This widget was previously ‘Right Now’.
    (wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php)
  • user_{$name}_label
    Filter a user contactmethod label.
    (wp-admin/user-edit.php)
  • wp_prepare_themes_for_js
    Filter the themes prepared for JavaScript, for themes.php. Could be useful for changing the order, which is by name by default.
    (wp-admin/includes/theme.php)

    • A list of all new hooks can you also find in the hot list of WP Seek.