Add the news post for the v4.5.0 release.

_config.yml

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ navigation:
 misc:
 # theme: red {default} | green | blue
     theme: red
-    currentVersion: 4.4.0
+    currentVersion: 4.5.0
     gitHubUrl: https://github.com/inspircd
     latestUrl: https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/latest
     configGuideUrl: https://docs.inspircd.org/3/configuration

_posts/2020s/2024-11-02-v440-released.md

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 title: InspIRCd v4.4.0 released!
 author: Sadie
 layout: post
-featured: true
 contributors:
  - Sadie Powell
  - Wade Cline

_posts/2020s/2025-01-04-v450-released.md

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+---
+title: InspIRCd v4.5.0 released!
+author: Sadie
+layout: post
+featured: true
+contributors:
+ - Glen Miner
+ - Larry Williamson
+ - Sadie Powell
+---
+
+InspIRCd v4.5.0 is now available, [download it from the releases page](https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.5.0).
+
+The most notable changes in this release are:
+
+- Added a "sslrehash" command to the helper script (requires the sslrehashsignal module).
+
+- Added support for explicitly disabling the ojoin and operprefix characters.
+
+- Fixed a crash from {fmt} when writing the pid file fails.
+
+- Fixed matching extended bans when multiple bans of a specific type are set.
+
+- Fixed stripping multiple formatting codes in a row.
+
+<!--more-->
+
+No breaking configuration changes have been made since the v4.0.0 release. Please consult [the list of breaking changes](https://docs.inspircd.org/4/breaking-changes) if you are upgrading from v3.
+
+The full change log can be found [on the docs site](https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-440) or [on GitHub](https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/compare/v4.4.0...v4.5.0).
+
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