The second release candidate for WordPress 4.9 is now available.<\/p>\n
A release candidate (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 4.9 on Tuesday, November 14<\/strong>\u00a0(just over one week<\/em> from now), but we need your help to get there. If you haven\u2019t tested 4.9 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n To test WordPress 4.9, you can use the WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin or you can download the release candidate here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n We’ve made just over 20 changes<\/a> since releasing RC 1 last week. For more details about what\u2019s new in version 4.9, check out the\u00a0Beta 1<\/a>, Beta 2<\/a>, Beta 3<\/a>,\u00a0Beta 4<\/a>, and RC1<\/a> blog posts. Specific areas to test in RC2:<\/p>\n Developers<\/strong>, please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 4.9 and update your plugin\u2019s Tested up to<\/em> version in the readme to 4.9. If you find compatibility problems please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release \u2014 we work hard to avoid breaking things. Please see the summative\u00a0field guide<\/a> to the 4.9\u00a0developer notes<\/a>\u00a0on the core development blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n Do you speak a language other than English?\u00a0Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a><\/p>\n If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the\u00a0Alpha\/Beta area<\/a>\u00a0in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,\u00a0file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find\u00a0a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n