{"id":6577,"date":"2019-02-08T02:22:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=6577"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:33","slug":"wordpress-5-1-release-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/02\/wordpress-5-1-release-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.1 Release Candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first release candidate for WordPress 5.1 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an important milestone, as the release date for WordPress 5.1 draws near. &#8220;Release Candidate&#8221; means that the new version is ready for release, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it\u2019s possible something was missed. WordPress 5.1 is <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-1\/\">scheduled to be released<\/a> on <strong>Thursday, February 21<\/strong>, but we need <em>your<\/em> help to get there\u2014if you haven\u2019t tried 5.1 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.1 release candidate: try the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin (you\u2019ll want to select the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option), or you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.1-RC1.zip\">download the release candidate here<\/a>&nbsp;(zip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What&#8217;s in WordPress 5.1?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Inspired by Archie Bell &amp; The Drells, WordPress&#8217;s theme for 2019 is to &#8220;tighten up&#8221;, and WordPress 5.1 focussed on exactly that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Archie Bell &amp; The Drells - Tighten up (1968)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Wro3bqi4Eb8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With security and speed in mind, this release introduces WordPress\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2019\/01\/14\/php-site-health-mechanisms-in-5-1\/\">Site Health<\/a> features. WordPress will start showing notices to administrators of sites that run long-outdated versions of PHP, which is the programming language that powers WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, when installing new plugins, WordPress&#8217;s Site Health features will check whether a plugin requires a version of PHP incompatible with your site. If so, WordPress will prevent you from installing that plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new block editor has kept improving since its introduction in WordPress 5.0. Most significantly, WordPress 5.1 includes solid performance improvements within the editor. The editor should feel a little quicker to start, and typing should feel smoother. There are more features and performance improvements planned in upcoming WordPress releases, you can check them out in the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/gutenberg\">Gutenberg plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugin and Theme Developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.1 and update the <em>Tested up to<\/em> version in the readme to 5.1. 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We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/reports\/\">file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is my release<br> candidate. There are many<br> like it. This is mine.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first release candidate for WordPress 5.1 is now available! This is an important milestone, as the release date for WordPress 5.1 draws near. &#8220;Release Candidate&#8221; means that the new version is ready for release, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it\u2019s possible something was missed. 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