[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #35554: De-emphasis WordPress Version in the admin

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#35554: De-emphasis WordPress Version in the admin
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 Reporter:  dd32            |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Administration  |    Version:
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion
  Focuses:                  |
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 Currently WordPress is very proud of the version it's running - but
 version strings are not exactly the most important piece of information to
 a regular user.
 I'd like to bring it back to displaying only the major version (ie.
 `Version 4.4`, not `Version 4.4.1`).

 A few of us have kicked the idea around over the years, and making the
 version number less specific as we move towards faster point releases
 really makes a lot of sense.

 There's two options which could be taken:
  1. Simply bring it back to x.y (`Version 4.4`).
 attachment:major.minor.diff
  2. Remove it entirely, including the `You are running WordPress x.y.z
 running Theme X theme.` message in the at-a-glance widget. attachment
 :remove-all-version-mentions.diff

 The second option is a harder-line approach, but removes information that
 most users have no need to see most of the time. They'll still see update
 nags when a new version comes out (Well, except for the million or more of
 sites which choose to enable automatic updates for major versions too) and
 the version string will always be available on the update screen where
 it's useful.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/35554>
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