WordPress 5.9 Beta 3<\/p>\n
WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing!<\/p>\n
This software version is still under development.<\/strong> Please do not run this software on a production site; install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features and get a feel for how they will work on your site.<\/p>\n You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 in three ways:<\/p>\n Option 1:<\/strong> Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>plugin (select the \u201cBleeding edge\u201d channel and \u201cBeta\/RC Only\u201d stream).<\/p>\n Option 2:<\/strong> Direct download the beta version<\/a>.<\/p>\n Option 3:<\/strong> If you use WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1 or Beta 2 to Beta 3 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence:<\/p>\n Command One:<\/p>\n Command Two:<\/p>\n The current target for the final release of 5.9 is January 25, 2022, which gets closer every minute. Your help testing this beta is vital: the more testing that happens, the more stable the release, and the better the experience for users and developers\u2014and the entire WordPress community.<\/p>\n Since Beta 2<\/a>, <\/a>14<\/a> bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 3:<\/p>\n Do some testing!<\/strong><\/p>\n Testing for bugs<\/a> is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute. <\/p>\n If you think you\u2019ve found a bug, please post to the Alpha\/Beta<\/a> area in the support forums. If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report<\/a>, file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>. That\u2019s also where you can find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n For even more ways to test, you can also refer to this official Full Site Editing post from @annezazu<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 5.9-related developer notes<\/a> that cover these items in detail. So far, contributors have fixed 316 tickets in WordPress 5.9<\/a>, including 100 new features and enhancements<\/a>. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.<\/p>\n Props to\u00a0<\/a>@psykro<\/a>,\u00a0@estelaris<\/a>,\u00a0@hellofromtonya<\/a>, @marybaum<\/a>,\u00a0@webcommsat<\/a>,\u00a0@cbringmann<\/a>,\u00a0@costdev,<\/em> and\u00a0@audrasjb<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for contributions to this post.<\/em><\/p>\n Filed under #release, #5.9, #beta<\/em><\/p>\n Source: WordPress 5.9 Beta 3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing! This software version is still under development. Please do not run this software on a production site; install it on a test site, where you can try out the newest features and get a feel for how they will work on your site. You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 in three ways: Option 1: Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the \u201cBleeding edge\u201d channel and \u201cBeta\/RC Only\u201d stream). Option 2: Direct download the beta version. Option 3: If you use WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1 or Beta 2 to Beta 3 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence: Command One: wp core update –version=5.9-beta2 Command Two: wp core update –version=5.9-beta3 –force The current target for the final release [ more… ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[395],"class_list":["post-44619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-wordpress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44620,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44619\/revisions\/44620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=5.9-beta2<\/code><\/pre>\nwp core update --version=5.9-beta3 --force<\/code><\/pre>\nSome Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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How You Can Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Got questions? Here are some answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n