The release candidate for WordPress 4.8 is now available.<\/p>\n
RC means we think we\u2019re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it\u2019s possible we\u2019ve missed something. We hope to ship WordPress 4.8 on Thursday, June 8<\/strong>, but we need your<\/em> help to get there. If you haven\u2019t tested 4.8 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n To test WordPress 4.8, you can use the WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin or you can download the release candidate here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n We’ve made a handful of changes<\/a> since releasing Beta 2 earlier this week. For more details about what\u2019s new in version 4.8, check out the\u00a0Beta 1<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Beta 2<\/a> blog posts.<\/p>\n Think you\u2019ve found a bug?<\/strong> Please post to the Alpha\/Beta support forum<\/a>. If any known issues come up, you\u2019ll be able to find them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Developers<\/strong>, please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 4.8 and update your plugin\u2019s Tested up to<\/em> version in the readme to 4.8. If you find compatibility problems please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release \u2013 we work hard to avoid breaking things. An in-depth field guide to developer-focused changes is coming soon on the core development blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a><\/p>\n