{"id":9134,"date":"2020-10-27T22:02:28","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T22:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=9134"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:02:00","slug":"wordpress-5-6-beta-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2020\/10\/wordpress-5-6-beta-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.6 Beta 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress 5.6 beta 2 is now available for testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This software is still in development,<\/strong>&nbsp;so we recommend that you run this version on a test site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test the WordPress 5.6 beta in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Try the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a>\u00a0plugin (choose the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option).<\/li><li>Or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.6-beta2.zip\">download the beta here\u00a0(zip)<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.6 is slated for release on <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-6\/\">December 8, 2020<\/a>, and\u00a0<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\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2020\/10\/wordpress-5-6-beta-1\/\">beta 1<\/a>\u00a0development 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\" id=\"block-15d6d57f-905d-4a47-9f66-839468a5375a\">Some highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-85da84ec-c841-42f9-8d3b-1a4537a61d10\">Since\u00a0beta 1,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;changetime=10%2F21%2F2020..10%2F27%2F2020&amp;milestone=5.6&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\">53 bugs<\/a>\u00a0have 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>6 additional bugs have been fixed in the block editor (see <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/26442\">#26442<\/a>).<\/li><li>Unified design for search forms and results across the admin (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/37353\">#37353<\/a>).<\/li><li>Exposed the <code>embed<\/code> Gutenberg block to Core (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/51531\">#51531<\/a>).<\/li><li>Updated Twemoji (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/51356\">#51356<\/a>), React (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/51505\">#51505<\/a>), and Akismet versions (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/51610\">#51610<\/a>).<\/li><li>Added accessibility improvements (among other things) to Application Passwords (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/51580\">#51580<\/a>).<\/li><li>Added indicator to image details for images attached to a site option (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/42063\">#42063<\/a>).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-76156b2b-0a52-4502-b585-6cbe9481f55b\">Developer notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-3fe5e264-0a95-4f12-9a18-0cb9dc5955d1\">WordPress 5.6 has lots of refinements to the developer experience as well. To keep up, subscribe to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Make WordPress Core blog<\/a>\u00a0and pay special attention to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/5-6+dev-notes\/\">developers\u2019 notes<\/a>\u00a0for updates on those and other changes that could affect your products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-bc89fd56-47b0-439f-8e2c-4a642c80a616\">How to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-9d871099-ec49-446c-8322-9e49b7498c10\">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. We\u2019d love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-bd71c1d3-39d9-4b2a-8193-3486497b45fd\">If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/newticket\">file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>,\u00a0where you can also find a list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=new&amp;milestone=5.6&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\">known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 5.6 beta 2 is now available for testing! This software is still in development,&nbsp;so we recommend that you run this version on a test site. You can test the WordPress 5.6 beta in two ways: Try the\u00a0WordPress Beta Tester\u00a0plugin (choose the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option). Or\u00a0download the beta here\u00a0(zip). 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