{"id":9829,"date":"2021-03-02T20:49:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T20:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=9829"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:56","slug":"wordpress-5-7-release-candidate-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/03\/wordpress-5-7-release-candidate-2\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.7 Release Candidate 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The second release candidate for WordPress 5.7 is now available! \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can test the WordPress 5.7 release candidate 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\u201d channel and Beta\/RC Only\u201d stream options)<\/li><li>Or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.7-RC2.zip\">download the release candidate here (zip)<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to all of the contributors who tested the\u00a0Beta\/RC 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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugin and Theme Developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.7 and update the&nbsp;<em>Tested up to<\/em>&nbsp;version in the readme file to 5.7. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\/\">support forums<\/a>,&nbsp;so those can be figured out before the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2021\/02\/23\/wordpress-5-7-field-guide\">WordPress 5.7 Field Guide<\/a>&nbsp;will give you a more detailed dive into the major changes.<\/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><em><strong>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, 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! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/reports\/\">file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Props to <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/lukecarbis\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>lukecarbis<\/a> for the haiku and <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>audrasjb<\/a> and <a href='https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/hellofromtonya\/' class='mention'><span class='mentions-prefix'>@<\/span>hellofromtonya<\/a> for peer reviewing!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Five-seven next week<br>So test your plugins and themes<br>Update your readme<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second release candidate for WordPress 5.7 is now available! \ud83c\udf89 You can test the WordPress 5.7 release candidate in two ways: Try the&nbsp;WordPress Beta Tester&nbsp;plugin (choose the \u201cBleeding edge\u201d channel and Beta\/RC Only\u201d stream options) Or&nbsp;download the release candidate here (zip). 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