{"id":6874,"date":"2019-04-09T01:27:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T01:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=6874"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:31","slug":"wordpress-5-2-beta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/04\/wordpress-5-2-beta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.2 Beta 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress 5.2 Beta 2 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This software is still in development,<\/strong> so we don\u2019t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.2 beta: 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.2-beta2.zip\">download the beta here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.2 is slated for release on <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-2\/\">April 30<\/a>, and we need your help to get there! Thanks to the testing and feedback from everyone who tried <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/03\/wordpress-5-2-beta-1\/\">beta 1<\/a>, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;changetime=2019-03-28..&amp;milestone=5.2&amp;group=component&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;col=component&amp;col=version&amp;order=priority\">100 tickets have been closed<\/a> since then. Here are the major changes and bug fixes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>We&#8217;ve added support for Emoji 12! \ud83e\ude82<\/li><li>A brand-new <code>wp_body_open()<\/code> template tag (and corresponding <code>wp_body_open<\/code> action) will let themes (and plugins!) add content right after the <code>&lt;body><\/code> is opened (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/12563\">#12563<\/a>).<\/li><li>Superfluous paragraph tags will no longer incorrectly appear in dynamic block content (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/45495\">#45495<\/a>).<\/li><li>The Site Health screens have received several bug fixes, tweaks, and performance improvements.<\/li><li>Crash Protection no longer interrupts plugin editing (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/46045\">#46045<\/a>).<\/li><li>Custom error handlers now load correctly (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/46069\">#46069<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minimum PHP Version Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As of WordPress 5.2 beta 2, the minimum PHP version that WordPress will require is 5.6.20. 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To keep up, subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> and pay special attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/5-2+dev-notes\/\">developers notes<\/a> for updates on those and other changes that could affect your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you speak a language other than English? <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp\/dev\">Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! 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