{"id":10912,"date":"2021-07-07T01:12:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=10912"},"modified":"2021-07-07T01:28:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:28:55","slug":"wordpress-5-8-release-candidate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/07\/wordpress-5-8-release-candidate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.8 Release Candidate 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second release candidate for <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-8\/\">WordPress 5.8<\/a> is now available! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.8 is slated for release on <strong>July 20, 2021<\/strong>, and we need <em>your<\/em> help to get there\u2014if you have not tried 5.8 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test the WordPress 5.8 release candidate 2 in any of these three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Install and activate the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester plugin<\/a> (select the <code>Bleeding edge<\/code> channel and then <code>Beta\/RC Only<\/code> stream)<\/li><li>Directly download the release candidate version <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.8-RC2.zip\">(zip)<\/a><\/li><li>Use WP-CLI to test: <code>wp core update --version=5.8-RC2<\/code><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the&nbsp;Beta\/RC releases and gave feedback.  Testing for bugs is a critical part of polishing every release and a great way to contribute to WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugin and Theme Developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.8 and update the&nbsp;<em>Tested up to<\/em>&nbsp;version in the <code>readme<\/code> file to 5.8.  If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\/\">support forums<\/a>,&nbsp;so they can get ready for the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a more detailed breakdown of the changes included in WordPress 5.8, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/06\/wordpress-5-8-beta-1\/\">WordPress 5.8 beta 1 post<\/a>.  The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/07\/03\/wordpress-5-8-field-guide\/\">WordPress 5.8 Field Guide<\/a>, which is particularly useful for developers, has all the info and further links to help you get comfortable with the major changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Can you speak and write in a language other than English? &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp\/dev\">Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>If you think you have found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a>&nbsp;in the support forums.  We would love to hear from you!  If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/newticket\">file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><strong><em>Props to <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/lukecarbis\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>lukecarbis<\/a> for the haiku, <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/webcommsat\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>webcommsat<\/a> and <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/marybaum\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>marybaum<\/a> for peer reviewing!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Five-eight in two weeks<br>So test your plugins and themes<br>Update your readme<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second release candidate for WordPress 5.8 is now available! \ud83c\udf89 WordPress 5.8 is slated for release on July 20, 2021, and we need your help to get there\u2014if you have not tried 5.8 yet, now is the time! 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