{"id":3787,"date":"2015-07-15T21:49:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T21:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=3787"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:00","slug":"wordpress-4-3-beta-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2015\/07\/wordpress-4-3-beta-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.3 Beta 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 4.3 Beta 3 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 4.3, try the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin (you\u2019ll want &#8220;bleeding edge nightlies&#8221;). Or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-4.3-beta3.zip\">download the beta here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n<p>For more information about what\u2019s new in version 4.3, check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2015\/07\/wordpress-4-3-beta-1\/\">Beta 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2015\/07\/wordpress-4-3-beta-2\/\">Beta 2<\/a> blog posts. Some of the changes in Beta 3 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Performance improvements for <strong>Menus in the Customizer<\/strong>, as well as bug fixes and visual enhancements.<\/li>\n<li>Added\u00a0<strong>Site Icon<\/strong>\u00a0to the Customizer. The feature is now complete and requires lots of testing. Please help us ensure the site icon feature works well in both Settings and the Customizer.<\/li>\n<li>The improvements to <strong>Passwords<\/strong> have been added to the installation flow.\u00a0When installing and setting up WordPress, a strong password will be suggested to site administrators.\u00a0Please test and let us know if you encounter issues.<\/li>\n<li>Improved <strong>accessibility of comments and media list tables<\/strong>.\u00a0If you use a screen reader, please let us know if you encounter any issues.<\/li>\n<li>Lots and lots of code documentation improvements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Various other bug fixes<\/strong>. We&#8217;ve made <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/log?action=stop_on_copy&amp;mode=stop_on_copy&amp;rev=33286&amp;stop_rev=33141&amp;limit=150\">more than 140 changes<\/a> in the last week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug, you can post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a> in the support forums. Or, if you\u2019re comfortable writing a bug report, <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/\">file one on the WordPress Trac<\/a>. 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