{"id":13533,"date":"2022-09-27T18:12:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T18:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=13533"},"modified":"2022-09-27T19:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T19:36:16","slug":"wordpress-6-1-beta-2-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2022\/09\/wordpress-6-1-beta-2-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.1 Beta 2 Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WordPress 6.1 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This version of the WordPress software is under development<\/strong>. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 2 on a test server and site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test WordPress 6.1 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 2 version (zip)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 3:<\/strong> Use the following WP-CLI command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current target for the final release is November 1, 2022, which is about five weeks away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional information on the 6.1 release cycle is available<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 6.1-related developer notes<\/a> in the coming weeks detailing all upcoming changes.<\/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. This detailed guide is an excellent start if you have never tested a beta release before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing helps ensure that this and future releases of WordPress are as stable and issue-free as possible. Anyone can take part in testing \u2013 especially great WordPress community members like you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to know more about testing releases like this one? Read about the testing initiatives<\/a> that happen in Make Core. You can also join a core-test channel<\/a> on the Making WordPress Slack workspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If 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 To review features in the Gutenberg releases since WordPress 6.0 (the most recent major release of WordPress), access the What\u2019s New In Gutenberg<\/em> posts for 14.1<\/a>, 14.0<\/a>, 13.9<\/a>, 13.8<\/a>, 13.7<\/a>, 13.6<\/a>, 13.5<\/a>, 13.4<\/a>, 13.3<\/a>, 13.2<\/a>, and 13.1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This release contains more than 350 enhancements and 350 bug fixes for the editor, including more than 300 tickets for WordPress 6.1 core<\/a>. More fixes are on the way in the remainder of the 6.1 release cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to know what\u2019s new in version 6.1? Read the initial Beta 1 announcement<\/a> for some details, or check out the product walk-through recording<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are some updates since last week’s Beta 1 release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress six-point-one, Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post:\u00a0@dansoschin<\/a>, @robinwpdeveloper<\/a>, @webcommsat<\/a>, @<\/span>jeffpaul<\/a>, and @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 6.1 Beta 2 is now available for download and testing.<\/p>\n This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. 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Keep WordPress bug-free \u2013 help with testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Some highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s new in Beta 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\n\n\n\nA haiku for Beta 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Please help test Beta 2 now.
Best release ever.
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