WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 is now available for testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This software is still in development,<\/strong> so it\u2019s not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test the WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current target for the final release is July 20, 2021. That\u2019s just five weeks away<\/strong>, so your help is vital to ensure that the final release is as good as it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Beta 1<\/a>, 26<\/a> bugs have been fixed. Here is a summary of some of the included changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Watch the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 5.8-related developer notes<\/a> in the coming weeks, which will break down these and other changes in greater detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, contributors have fixed 214 tickets in WordPress 5.8<\/a>, including 87 new features and enhancements<\/a>, and more bug fixes are on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do some testing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for bugs<\/a> is a vital part of polishing the release during the beta stage and a great way to contribute. \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think you\u2019ve found a bug, please post to the Alpha\/Beta<\/a> area in the support forums. We would love to hear from you! 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\n\n\n Props to @<\/span>chanthaboune<\/a> for revision, @<\/span>webcommsat<\/a>, @<\/span>youknowriad<\/a>, @<\/span>jorbin<\/a>, @<\/span>felipeelia<\/a> , and @<\/span>jeffpaul<\/a> for proofreading, and @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a> for final edits!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Install won\u2019t you please WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 is now available for testing! This software is still in development, so it\u2019s not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with it. You can test the WordPress 5.8 Beta 2 in two ways: Install\/activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (select the\u00a0Bleeding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4552240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases","mentions-cbringmann","mentions-chanthaboune","mentions-felipeelia","mentions-jeffpaul","mentions-jorbin","mentions-webcommsat","mentions-youknowriad"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-2Ok","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4552240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10808"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10831,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10808\/revisions\/10831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bleeding edge<\/code>\u00a0channel and the\u00a0Beta\/RC Only<\/code> stream)<\/li>Some Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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