{"id":7596,"date":"2019-11-05T23:56:26","date_gmt":"2019-11-05T23:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=7596"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:27","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:27","slug":"wordpress-5-3-rc4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/11\/wordpress-5-3-rc4\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.3 RC4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The fourth release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-3\/\">November 12 2019<\/a><\/strong>, but we need&nbsp;<em>your<\/em>&nbsp;help to get there\u2014if you haven\u2019t tried 5.3 yet, now is the time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.3 release candidate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Try the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a>&nbsp;plugin (choose the \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d option)<\/li><li>Or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.3-RC4.zip\">download the release candidate here<\/a>&nbsp;(zip).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For details about what to expect in WordPress 5.3, please see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/10\/wordpress-5-3-release-candidate\/\">first<\/a>, &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/10\/wordpress-5-3-rc2\/\">second<\/a>&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2019\/10\/wordpress-5-3-rc3\/\">third<\/a> release candidate posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Release Candidate 4 contains three bug fixes for the new default theme, Twenty Twenty (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48450\">#48450<\/a>), and addresses the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Twemoji library has been updated from 12.1.2 to 12.1.3 (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48293\">#48293<\/a>).<\/li><li>Two regressions in the Media component (see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48451\">#48451<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48453\">#48453<\/a>).<\/li><li>One bug in the Upload component (see <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48472\">#48472<\/a>)<\/li><li>Five bugs in the Block Editor component (see <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48502\">#48502<\/a>)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plugin and Theme Developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.3 and update the&nbsp;<em>Tested up to<\/em>&nbsp;version in the readme to 5.3. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\/\">support forums<\/a>&nbsp;so we can figure those out before the final release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2019\/10\/17\/wordpress-5-3-field-guide\/\">WordPress 5.3 Field Guide<\/a>&nbsp;has also been published, which details the major changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new dev note has been published since the Field Guide was released, <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2019\/11\/05\/use-of-the-wp_update_attachment_metadata-filter-as-upload-is-complete-hook\/\">Use of the \u201cwp_update_attachment_metadata\u201d filter as \u201cupload is complete\u201d hook<\/a>. Plugin and theme authors are asked to please read this note and make any necessary adjustments to continue working well in WordPress 5.3 or share any difficulties encountered on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/ticket\/48451\">#48451<\/a>.<\/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?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/translate.wordpress.org\/projects\/wp\/dev\">Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/strong>, you can post to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\">Alpha\/Beta area<\/a>&nbsp;in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/reports\/\">file one on WordPress Trac<\/a>, where you can also find&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\">a list of known bugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The fourth release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! WordPress 5.3 is currently scheduled to be released on&nbsp;November 12 2019, but we need&nbsp;your&nbsp;help to get there\u2014if you haven\u2019t tried 5.3 yet, now is the time! 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