{"id":8360,"date":"2020-02-18T21:50:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T21:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=8360"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:02:04","slug":"wordpress-5-4-beta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2020\/02\/wordpress-5-4-beta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.4 Beta 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress 5.4 Beta 2 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This software is still in development,<\/strong>&nbsp;so we don\u2019t recommend running it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test WordPress 5.4 beta 2 in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Try the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a>&nbsp;plugin (choose the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option)<\/li><li>Or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.4-beta2.zip\">download the beta here<\/a>&nbsp;(zip).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.4 is slated for release on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-4\/\">March 31, 2020<\/a>, and <strong>we need your help to get there<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all of the contributors that tested the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2020\/02\/wordpress-5-4-beta-1\/\">beta 1<\/a> development release and provided feedback. Testing for bugs is an important part of polishing each release and a great way to contribute to WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2020\/02\/wordpress-5-4-beta-1\/\">beta 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;changetime=02%2F12%2F2020..&amp;milestone=5.4&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\">27 bugs<\/a> have been fixed. Here is a summary of a few changes included in beta 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Block editor: Columns in the Block Library that have unassigned-width will now grow equally.<\/li><li>Block editor: The custom gradient picker now works in languages other than English.<\/li><li>Block editor: When choosing colors is not possible, the color formatter  no longer shows.<\/li><li>Privacy: The privacy request form fields have been adjusted to be more consistent on mobile.<\/li><li>Privacy: The notice offering help when editing the privacy policy page will no longer show at the top of All Pages in the admin area.<\/li><li>Site Health: The error codes for failed REST API tests now display correctly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developer notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.4 has lots of refinements to polish the developer experience. To keep up, subscribe to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Make WordPress Core blog<\/a>&nbsp;and pay special attention to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/5-4+dev-notes\/\">developers\u2019 notes<\/a>&nbsp;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?&nbsp;<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>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug, you can post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\/\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a>&nbsp;in the support forums. 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