WordPress 5.9 Beta 4<\/p>\n
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 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 4 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 here (zip<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n Option 3:<\/strong> When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, or 3 to Beta 4 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 is only five weeks away. 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 3<\/a>, 20 bugs have been fixed. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 4:<\/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 Please post to the Alpha\/Beta<\/a> area in the support forums if you find a bug. If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report<\/a>, file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the coming weeks, follow the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 5.9-related developer notes<\/a> that will cover these items in detail.<\/p>\n So far, contributors have fixed 326 tickets and 108 new features and enhancements<\/a> in WordPress 5.9. More bug fixes are on the way with your help through testing.<\/p>\n Props to @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a>, @psykro<\/a>,\u00a0@hellofromtonya<\/a>,\u00a0@marybaum<\/a>,\u00a0@webcommsat<\/a>, @<\/span>audrasjb<\/a>, @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a>, @<\/span>costdev<\/a> and @<\/span>meher<\/a> for contributions to this post.<\/p>\n Source: WordPress 5.9 Beta 4<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 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 4 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 here (zip). Option 3: When using WP-CLI to upgrade from Beta 1, 2, or 3 to Beta 4 on a case-insensitive filesystem, please use the following command sequence: Command One: wp core update –version=5.9-beta4 Command Two: wp core update –version=5.9-beta4 –force The current target for the final [ 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-44678","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\/44678","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=44678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44679,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44678\/revisions\/44679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=5.9-beta4<\/code><\/pre>\nwp core update --version=5.9-beta4 --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