Importance of the Version While typically the version isn’t something that’s immediately necessary to most users, there are times that it can be very important. Cases where WordPress version can be important: WordPress Core vulnerability announcements. For example, you may have clients whom you’ve not discussed a major change in a recent update, so while you’re not wanting to update their site, a major vulnerability may have been announced in a recent release; thus, ensuring the client is not running that vulnerable version (such as with version WordPress 5.0.0) can quickly become more important than release change discussions. Plugin compatibility […]