<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='https://wordpress.org/news/2015/12/clifford/'>WordPress 4.4 “Clifford”</a> <span class="rss-date">December 8, 2015</span><div class="rssSummary">Version 4.4 of WordPress, named “Clifford” in honor of jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown, is available for download or update in your WordPress dashboard. New features in 4.4 make your site more connected and responsive. Clifford also introduces a new default theme, Twenty Sixteen. Introducing Twenty Sixteen Our newest default theme, Twenty Sixteen, is a modern</div></li></ul></div><div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://ma.tt/2015/12/merry-christmas-2/' title='I hope it’s filled with lots of comfortable sweaters, like this one..  '>Matt: Merry Christmas!</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wptavern.com/milestone-wp-tavern-publishes-its-30000th-comment' title='When I founded WP Tavern in 2009, comments were an important part of the site’s initial success. After six years, the site has published its 30,000th comment. The 30,000th Comment At a time where large websites such as Copyblogger and the Toronto Star are closing down comments in favor of social media, the Tavern continues to be a source of open conversation'>WPTavern: Milestone: WP Tavern Publishes its 30,000th Comment</a></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wptavern.com/wordcamp-pakistan-application-approved-for-2016' title='Earlier this week we interviewed Muhammad Kashif about the phenomenal growth of the WordPress community in Pakistan. Kashif organizes the local Lahore meetup, which started with a few dozen attendees three months ago and grew to more than 500 this past weekend. His team has been working hard to bring WordCamp to Pakistan, and today their application was appr'>WPTavern: WordCamp Lahore, Pakistan Application Approved for 2016</a></li></ul></div><div class="rss-widget"><ul><li class='dashboard-news-plugin'><span>Popular Plugin:</span> <a href='https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/' class='dashboard-news-plugin-link'>UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration</a>&nbsp;<span>(<a href='plugin-install.php?tab=plugin-information&amp;plugin=updraftplus&amp;_wpnonce=2590c87029&amp;TB_iframe=true&amp;width=600&amp;height=800' class='thickbox' title='UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration'>Install</a>)</span></li></ul></div>