{"id":3446,"date":"2015-03-12T23:22:52","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T23:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:02","slug":"wordpress-4-2-beta-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2015\/03\/wordpress-4-2-beta-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.2 Beta 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.2 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 4.2, 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-4.2-beta1.zip\">download the beta here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n<p>4.2 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>Press This<\/strong> has been completely revamped to make sharing content from around the web easier than ever. The new workflow is mobile friendly, and we&#8217;d love for you to try it out on all of your devices. Navigate to the Tools screen in your WordPress backend to get started (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31373\">#31373<\/a>). <\/li>\n<li><strong>Browsing and switching installed themes<\/strong> has been added to the Customizer to make switching faster and more convenient. We&#8217;re especially interested to know if this helps streamline the process of setting up your site (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31303\">#31303<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>The workflow for <strong>updating and installing plugins<\/strong> just got more intuitive with the ability to install or update in-place from the Plugins screens. Try it out and let us know what you think! (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/29820\">#29820<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>If you felt like <strong>emoji<\/strong> were starkly missing from your content toolbox, worry no more. We&#8217;ve added emoji support nearly everywhere, even post slugs \ud83d\udc4d (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31242\">#31242<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Developers<\/strong>: There have been a lot of changes for you to test as well, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Taxonomy Roadmap:<\/strong> Terms shared across multiple taxonomies will <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2015\/02\/16\/taxonomy-term-splitting-in-4-2-a-developer-guide\/\">now be split<\/a> into separate terms when one of them is updated. Please let us know if you hit any snags (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/5809\/\">#5809<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>New <code>wp.a11y.speak()<\/code> functionality helps your JavaScript talk to screen readers to better inform impaired users what&#8217;s happening on-screen. Try it out in your plugin or theme and let us know if you notice any adverse affects (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31368\/\">#31368<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Named clause support has been added to <code>WP_Query<\/code>, <code>WP_Comment_Query<\/code>, and <code>WP_User_Query<\/code>, allowing specific <code>meta_query<\/code> clauses to be used with <code>orderby<\/code>. If you have any complex queries, please test them (<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31045\/\">#31045<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/31265\/\">#31265<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you want a more in-depth view of what changes have made it into 4.2, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/week-in-core\/\">check out the weekly review posts<\/a> on the main development blog.<\/p>\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>. 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