WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 is ready for download and testing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This version of the WordPress software is under development.<\/strong> Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you should test Beta 1 on a test server and site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can test WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 in three ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 1:<\/strong> Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin (select the \u201cBleeding edge\u201d channel and \u201cBeta\/RC Only\u201d stream).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 2: <\/strong>Direct download the Beta 1 version (zip)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option 3:<\/strong> Use the following WP-CLI command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The current target for the final release is March 28, 2023<\/strong>, which is seven weeks away. Your help testing this version is vital to ensuring everything in this release is the best it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Get an overview of the 6.2 release cycle<\/a>, and check the Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> for 6.2-related posts<\/a> in the coming weeks for further details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Testing for issues is a critical part of developing any software, and it\u2019s a meaningful way for anyone to contribute\u2014whether you have experience or not. This detailed guide<\/a> is a great place to start if you\u2019ve never tested a beta release. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you build products for WordPress, you probably realize that the sooner you can test this release with your themes, plugins, and patterns, the easier it will be for you to offer a seamless experience to your users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to know more about testing releases in general? You can follow along with the testing initiatives<\/a> that happen in Make Core. You can also join the #core-test channel<\/a> on the Making WordPress Slack workspace<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think you may have run into an issue, please report it to the Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. If you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, you can file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Interested in Gutenberg features? Find out what\u2019s been included since WordPress 6.1 (the last major release of WordPress). You will find more details in the currently available What\u2019s new in Gutenberg<\/em> posts for \u00a015.1<\/a>, 15.0<\/a>, 14.9<\/a>, 14.8<\/a>, 14.7<\/a>, 14.6<\/a>, 14.5<\/a>, 14.4<\/a>, 14.3<\/a>, and 14.2<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This release contains more than 292 enhancements and 354 bug fixes for the editor, including more than 195 tickets for the WordPress 6.2 core<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 6.2 is one of the last planned major releases of Phase 2 on the Gutenberg project\u2019s roadmap<\/a>. The platform has come a long way in the past few years. The 6.2 release both celebrates that progress and looks toward a future of publishing that puts ever more powerful tools in your hands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Next stop: collaboration tools and more, in Phase 3<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to know what\u2019s new in WordPress version 6.2? Read on for a taste of what\u2019s coming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Please note that the features in this list may change before the final release.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Last of Phase 2 now Thank you to the following contributors for collaborating on this post: <\/em>@marybaum<\/em><\/a> <\/em>@laurlittle<\/em><\/a> <\/em>@cbringmann<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>@webcommsat<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>@audrasjb<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>@annezazu<\/em><\/a>, @bhp<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 is here and ready for download and testing.<\/p>\n This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommended that you test Beta 1 on a test server and site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20025855,"featured_media":14378,"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":[486,184,409],"class_list":["post-14375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-releases","tag-6-2","tag-development","tag-releases"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wordpress.org\/news\/files\/2023\/02\/WordPress-6.2-Beta-1.png?fit=1600%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-3JR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375","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\/20025855"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14375"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14430,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14375\/revisions\/14430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}wp core update --version=6.2-beta1<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\nHow you can help: testing!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A major release for a major project milestone<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Notable highlights<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
A haiku for 6.2<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s get the party started
WordPress turns 20<\/p>\n\n\n\n