WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 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 4 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 here (zip<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n\n\n\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\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 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\n\n\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\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 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\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\n Props to @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a>, @psykro<\/a>,\u00a0@hellofromtonya<\/a>,\u00a0@marybaum<\/a>,\u00a0@webcommsat<\/a>, @<\/span>audrasjb<\/a>, @<\/span>costdev<\/a> and @<\/span>meher<\/a> for contributions to this post.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 released on 21 December 2021 and is available for testing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7511363,"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":[404,38],"class_list":["post-11876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases","tag-5-9","tag-beta","mentions-audrasjb","mentions-cbringmann","mentions-costdev","mentions-meher"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-35y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11876","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=11876"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11956,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11876\/revisions\/11956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=5.9-beta4<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nwp core update --version=5.9-beta4 --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