WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This version of the WordPress software is under development<\/strong>. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on a production or mission-critical website. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test the WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 1: <\/strong>Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> 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>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 3:<\/strong> Use WP-CLI to test: The current target for the final release is May 24, 2022, which is about five weeks away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional information on the full 6.0 release cycle is available<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 6.0-related developer notes<\/a> in the coming weeks, which will detail all upcoming changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a reminder, contributors have fixed 209 tickets in WordPress 6.0<\/a>, including 110 new features and enhancements<\/a>. Each beta cycle focuses on bug fixes, and more are on the way with your help through testing. Here are a few of the changes you will find in Beta 2 specifically: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Last week\u2019s announcement for WordPress 6.0 Beta 1<\/a> includes a reference to \u201cWebfonts API: <\/strong>Manage local fonts with PHP or theme.json,\u201d as a feature that would be included in the release. This specific functionality was not included in Beta 2 but may be available at RC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for issues is critical for stabilizing a release throughout its development. Testing is also a great way to contribute to WordPress. If you are new to testing, check out this detailed guide<\/a> that will walk you through how to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think you have run into an issue, please report it to the Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>. This is also where you can find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post: @<\/span>dansoschin<\/a>, @<\/span>annezazu<\/a>, @<\/span>costdev<\/a>, @<\/span>priethor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We code fervently<\/p>\n\n\n\n A breathless pause for the test<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key tapping resumes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 6.0 Beta 2 is now available for testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, and test this version of WordPress on a production or mission-critical website. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site. You can test the WordPress […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17810800,"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-12666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases","mentions-annezazu","mentions-costdev","mentions-dansoschin","mentions-priethor"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-3ii","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12666","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\/17810800"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12666"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12688,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12666\/revisions\/12688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=6.0-beta2<\/code>
Do not use this option if your filesystem is case-insensitive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWhat\u2019s New In Beta 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Note on Webfonts API<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
How to Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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