The second release candidate for WordPress 5.5 is here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
WordPress 5.5 is slated for release on August 11, 2020<\/strong>, but we need your<\/em> help to get there\u2014if you haven\u2019t tried 5.5 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You can test the WordPress 5.5 release candidate in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the Beta releases and gave feedback. Testing for bugs is a critical part of polishing every release and a great way to contribute to WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.5 and update the Tested up to<\/em> version in the readme file to 5.5. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the support forums<\/a>, so those can be figured out before the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a more detailed breakdown of the changes included in WordPress 5.5, check out the WordPress 5.5 beta 1 post<\/a>. The WordPress 5.5 Field Guide<\/a> is also out! It\u2019s your source for details on all the major changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a> This release also marks the hard string freeze<\/a> point of the 5.5 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, fill one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"