The first release candidate for WordPress 5.2 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is an important milestone as we progress toward the WordPress 5.2 release date. \u201cRelease Candidate\u201d 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 5.2 is\u00a0scheduled to be released\u00a0on\u00a0Tuesday, May 7<\/strong>, but we need\u00a0your<\/em>\u00a0help to get there\u2014if you haven\u2019t tried 5.2 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.2 release candidate: try the\u00a0WordPress Beta Tester<\/a>\u00a0plugin (you\u2019ll want to select the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option), or you can\u00a0download the release candidate here<\/a>\u00a0(zip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continuing with the theme from the last release, WordPress 5.2 gives you even more robust tools for identifying and fixing configuration issues and fatal errors. Whether you are a developer helping clients or you manage your site solo, these tools can help get you the right information when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Site Health Check and PHP Error Protection tools have brand new features, giving you peace of mind if you discover any issues with plugins or themes on your site. There are also updates to the icons available in your dashboard, fresh accessibility considerations for anyone using assistive technologies and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.2 and update the\u00a0Tested up to<\/em>\u00a0version in the readme to 5.2. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the\u00a0support forums<\/a>\u00a0so we can figure those out before the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The WordPress 5.2 Field Guide<\/a> has also been published, which goes into the details of the major changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you speak a language other than English?\u00a0Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a>\u00a0This release also marks the\u00a0hard string freeze<\/a>\u00a0point of the 5.2 release schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Howdy, RC 1! The first release candidate for WordPress 5.2 is now available! This is an important milestone as we progress toward the WordPress 5.2 release date. \u201cRelease Candidate\u201d 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 5.2 is\u00a0scheduled to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10573955,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"class_list":["post-6909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-1Nr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909","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\/10573955"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6912,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6909\/revisions\/6912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What’s in WordPress 5.2?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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How to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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