{"id":3248,"date":"2014-07-10T10:17:41","date_gmt":"2014-07-10T10:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:03","slug":"wordpress-4-0-beta-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2014\/07\/wordpress-4-0-beta-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.0 Beta 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.0 Beta 1 is now available!<\/p>\n<p><strong>This software is still in development,<\/strong> so we don\u2019t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.0, try the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin (you\u2019ll want \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d). Or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-4.0-beta1.zip\">download the beta here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n<p>4.0 is due out next month, but to get there, we need your help testing what we&#8217;ve been working on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Previews of <a href=\"https:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Embeds\">embedding via URLs<\/a><\/strong> in the visual editor and the &#8220;Insert from URL&#8221; tab in the media modal. Try pasting a URL (such as a <a href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.tv\/\">WordPress.tv<\/a> or YouTube video) onto its own line in the visual editor. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/28195\">#28195<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/15490\">#15490<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Media Library<\/strong> now has a &#8220;grid&#8221; view in addition to the existing list view. Clicking on an item takes you into a modal where you can see a larger preview and edit information about that attachment, and you can navigate between items right from the modal without closing it. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/24716\">#24716<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;re freshening up the <strong>plugin install experience<\/strong>. You&#8217;ll see some early visual changes as well as more information when searching for plugins and viewing details. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/28785\">#28785<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/27440\">#27440<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Selecting a language<\/strong> when you run the installation process. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/28577\">#28577<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>editor<\/strong> intelligently resizes and its top and bottom bars pin when needed. Browsers don&#8217;t like to agree on where to put things like cursors, so if you find a bug here, please also let us know your browser and operating system. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/28328\">#28328<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve made some improvements to how your keyboard and cursor interact with <strong>TinyMCE views<\/strong> such as the gallery preview. Much like the editor resizing and scrolling improvements, knowing about your setup is particularly important for bug reports here. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/28595\">#28595<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Widgets in the Customizer<\/strong> are now loaded in a separate panel. (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/27406\">#27406<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve also made some changes to some <strong>formatting<\/strong> functions, so if you see quotes curling in the wrong direction, please file a bug report.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/reports\/\">file one on the WordPress Trac<\/a>. There, you can also find <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;group=component&amp;milestone=4.0\">everything we\u2019ve fixed<\/a> so far.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Developers:<\/strong> Never fear, we haven&#8217;t forgotten you. 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