WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n You can test the WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n Option 2:<\/strong> Direct download the beta version<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n Command One:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Command Two:<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\n Do some testing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for bugs<\/a> is vital for polishing the release in the beta stage and a great way to contribute. <\/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. 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 For even more ways to test, you can also refer to this official Full Site Editing post from @annezazu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n Props to <\/a>@psykro<\/a>, @estelaris<\/a>, @hellofromtonya<\/a>, @marybaum<\/a>, @webcommsat<\/a>, @cbringmann<\/a>, @<\/span>costdev<\/a>,<\/em> and @audrasjb<\/a><\/em> for contributions to this post.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Filed under #release, #5.9, #beta<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing. Help test to make the release as good as it can be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7511363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[404,38,184],"class_list":["post-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases","tag-5-9","tag-beta","tag-development","mentions-costdev"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-34T","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835","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\/7511363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11835"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11900,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions\/11900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=5.9-beta2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nwp core update --version=5.9-beta3 --force<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSome Highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How You Can Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Got questions? Here are some answers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n