WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 is ready for download and testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This version of the WordPress software is under development.<\/strong> Please do not install, run, or test this version on production or mission-critical websites.<\/strong> Instead, you should evaluate Beta 4 on a test server and site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Get an overview of the 6.3 release cycle<\/a>, check the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 6.3-related posts<\/a>, and review the new features in WordPress 6.3<\/a>. Also, save the date for a live product demo scheduled for Thursday, July 20, 2023, at 16:00 UTC (Zoom link<\/a>). This will be a great opportunity to join the WordPress community to celebrate the accomplishments of 6.3 and this final chapter of Phase 2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to the many WordPress beta testers, this release contains 40+ (Editor) and 60+ (Trac) updates since the Beta 3 release<\/a>. Excellent work, team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Notable updates for this beta release include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Browse the technical details for issues addressed since Beta 3 using these queries:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for issues is a critical part of developing any software, and it\u2019s a meaningful way for anyone to contribute\u2014whether you have experience or not. While testing the upgrade process is essential, trying out new features is too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The monetary reward for reporting new, unreleased security vulnerabilities is doubled between the Beta 1 release and the final release candidate (RC). Please follow responsible disclosure practices as detailed in the project\u2019s security practices and policies outlined on the HackerOne page<\/a> and in the security white paper<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current target for the final release is August 8, 2023<\/strong>, about four weeks away. Your help testing this version ensures everything in this release is the best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beta ships, once more Thank you to the contributors who collaborated on this post: <\/em>@DanSoschin<\/em><\/a>, @Meher<\/em><\/a>, @eidolonnight<\/a>, and @JPantani<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 6.3 Beta 4 is ready for download and testing.<\/p>\n Testing for issues is a critical part of developing any software, and it\u2019s a meaningful way for anyone to contribute\u2014whether you have experience or not. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18680468,"featured_media":15952,"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":[497,184,409],"class_list":["post-15386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-releases","tag-6-3","tag-development","tag-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2023\/07\/6.3-Beta-4.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-40a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386","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\/18680468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15386"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15395,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15386\/revisions\/15395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Beta 4 highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Test the new features in WordPress 6.3<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Vulnerability bounty doubles during the Beta\/RC phases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Get WordPress 6.3 Beta 4<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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wp core update --version=6.3-beta4<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nA Beta 4 Haiku<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Up next week, an RC1
6, 3, out the door<\/p>\n\n\n\n