WordPress 5.7 Beta 1 is now available for testing! \ud83d\udde3<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This software is still in development,<\/strong> so it\u2019s not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test the WordPress 5.7 Beta 1 in two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current target for final release is March 9, 2021. That\u2019s just five weeks away<\/strong>, so your help is vital to making sure that the final release is as good as it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So what\u2019s new? \ud83e\udd14<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lazy-load iframes<\/strong> Migrating from HTTP to HTTPS is streamlined<\/strong> Standardize colors used in WP-Admin CSS to a single palette<\/strong> Ongoing cleanup after update to jQuery 3.5.1<\/strong> New Robots API<\/strong> Watch the Make WordPress Core blog for 5.7-related developer notes in the coming weeks, which will break down these and other changes in greater detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So far, contributors have fixed 143 tickets in WordPress 5.7<\/a>, including 68 new features and enhancements<\/a>, and more bug fixes are on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do some testing!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for bugs<\/a> is a vital part of polishing the release during the beta stage and a great way to contribute. \u2728<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think you\u2019ve found a bug, please post to the Alpha\/Beta<\/a> area in the support forums. We would love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>. That\u2019s also where you can find a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Props to @hellofromtonya<\/a>, @sarahricker<\/a>, @webcommsat<\/a>, @marybaum<\/a>, @<\/span>jeffpaul<\/a>, and @<\/span>audrasjb<\/a> for your peer revisions and @<\/span>desrosj<\/a>, @<\/span>davidbaumwald<\/a>, @<\/span>cbringmann<\/a>, and @<\/span>chanthaboune<\/a> for final review on this exciting news.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n ____________________________________<\/p>\n\n\n\n New Year, new goals WordPress 5.7 Beta 1 is now available for testing! \ud83d\udde3 This software is still in development, so it\u2019s not recommended to run this version on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version. You can test the WordPress 5.7 Beta 1 in two ways: Install\/activate the WordPress Beta Tester […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15440732,"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-9599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-development","category-releases","mentions-audrasjb","mentions-cbringmann","mentions-chanthaboune","mentions-davidbaumwald","mentions-desrosj","mentions-jeffpaul"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-2uP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599","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\/15440732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9599"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9716,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions\/9716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bleeding edge<\/code> channel and the Beta\/RC Only<\/code> stream)<\/li>Improvements in Core<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now you can enable lazy-loading of iframes by adding the loading=\"lazy\"<\/code> attribute to iframe tags on the front-end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Switching a WordPress site from HTTP to HTTPS has proven to be a pain for all involved. While on the surface, the Site Address and WordPress Address have to be updated, content with embedded HTTP URLs remains unchanged in the database. With this release, migrating a site to HTTPS is now a one-click interaction. URLs in the database are automatically replaced when the Site and WordPress Address are both using HTTPS. Also, Site Health now includes an HTTPS status check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This change collapses all colors used in the CSS to one of the available shades of blue, green, red, yellow, grey, black, and white. The palette makes it simpler than ever to build components your users can read, because half the range gives you great contrast with white type and a half with black, according to current accessibility guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
jQuery deprecations in WordPress Core and bundled themes show up a lot less often, and the notifications make more sense to the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new Robots API allows the filter directives to be included in the \u2018robots\u2019 meta tag. Also, the directive max-image-preview:large<\/code> is now included by default to allow large image previews to be displayed in search engines (unless the blog is marked as not being public).<\/p>\n\n\n\nImprovements in the Editor<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How You Can Help<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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