{"id":6885,"date":"2019-04-12T21:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T21:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:31","slug":"wordpress-5-2-beta-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/04\/wordpress-5-2-beta-3\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.2 Beta 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\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 to play with the new version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to test the latest WordPress 5.2 beta: try the <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a> plugin (you\u2019ll want to select the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option), or you can <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.2-beta3.zip\">download the beta here<\/a> (zip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.2 is slated for release on <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-2\/\">April 30<\/a>, and we need your help to get there! Thanks to the testing and feedback from everyone who tried <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/04\/wordpress-5-2-beta-2\/\">beta 2<\/a>, nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;changetime=04%2F09%2F2019..04%2F13%2F2019&amp;milestone=5.2&amp;group=component&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=status&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">40 tickets have been closed<\/a> since then. Here are the major changes and bug fixes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The new Site Health feature has continued to be refined.<\/li><li>Plugins no longer update if a site is running an unsupported version of PHP (see #46613).<\/li><li>It\u2019s now more apparent when a site is running in Recovery Mode (see #46608).<\/li><li>The distraction free button no longer breaks keyboard navigation in the Classic Editor (see #46640).<\/li><li>Assistive technologies do a better job of announcing admin bar sub menus (see #37513).<\/li><li>Subject lines in WordPress emails are now more consistent (see #37940).<\/li><li>Personal data exports now only show as completed when a user downloads their data (see #44644).<\/li><li>Plus more improvements to accessibility (see #35497 and #42853).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minimum PHP Version Update<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important reminder: <\/strong>as of WordPress 5.2 beta 2, the minimum PHP version that WordPress will require is 5.6.20. If you&#8217;re running an older version of PHP, we highly recommend updating it now, before WordPress 5.2 is officially released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-wordpress-news\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7UjzbEieGs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/04\/minimum-php-version-update\/\">Minimum PHP Version update<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Minimum PHP Version update&#8221; &#8212; WordPress News\" src=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/04\/minimum-php-version-update\/embed\/#?secret=mprTdSacVG#?secret=7UjzbEieGs\" data-secret=\"7UjzbEieGs\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Developer Notes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.2 has lots of refinements to polish the developer experience. To keep up, subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/\">Make WordPress Core blog<\/a> and pay special attention to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/tag\/5-2+dev-notes\/\">developers notes<\/a> for updates on those and other changes that could affect your products.<\/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? <a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp\/dev\">Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a> The beta 3 release also marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/polyglots\/handbook\/glossary\/#soft-freeze\">soft string freeze<\/a> point of the 5.2 release schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><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 WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Would you look at that<br>each day brings release closer<br>test to be ready<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 is now available! This software is still in development, so we don\u2019t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version. 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