{"id":6241,"date":"2018-11-13T01:27:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T01:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=6241"},"modified":"2021-06-04T12:01:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T12:01:35","slug":"wordpress-5-0-beta-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2018\/11\/wordpress-5-0-beta-4\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.0 Beta 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress 5.0 Beta 4 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This software is still in development,<\/strong>&nbsp;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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.0 Beta: try the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/wordpress-beta-tester\/\">WordPress Beta Tester<\/a>&nbsp;plugin (you\u2019ll want \u201cbleeding edge nightlies\u201d), or you can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/wordpress-5.0-beta4.zip\">download the beta here<\/a>&nbsp;(zip).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The WordPress 5.0 release date has changed<\/strong>, it is now scheduled for release on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/5-0\/\">November 27<\/a>, and we need your help to get there. Here are some of the big issues that we\u2019ve fixed since Beta 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Block Editor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The block editor has been updated to match the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/11\/12\/whats-new-in-gutenberg-12th-november\/\">Gutenberg 4.3 release<\/a>, the major changes  include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>An <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/gutenberg\/pull\/7718\">Annotations API<\/a>, allowing plugins to add  contextual data as you write.<\/li><li>More consistent keyboard navigation between blocks, as well as back-and-forth between different areas of the interface.<\/li><li>Improved accessibility, with additional  labelling and speech announcements.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, there have been some bugs fixed that popped up in beta 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Better support for plugins that have more advanced meta box usage.<\/li><li>Script concatenation is now supported.<\/li><li>Ajax calls could occasionally cause PHP errors.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Internationalisation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve added an API for translating your plugin and theme strings in JavaScript files! The block editor is now using this, and you can start using it, too. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2018\/11\/09\/new-javascript-i18n-support-in-wordpress\/\">developer note<\/a>&nbsp;to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Twenty Nineteen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty Nineteen is being polished over on its <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/twentynineteen\">GitHub repository<\/a>. This update includes <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/changeset\/43892\">a host of tweaks and bug fixes<\/a>, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Menus now  properly support keyboard and touch interactions.<\/li><li>A footer menu has been added for secondary page links.<\/li><li>Improved backwards compatibility with older versions of WordPress.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Default Themes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of the older default themes\u2014from Twenty Ten through to Twenty Seventeen\u2014have polished  styling in the block editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Help<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>If you think you\u2019ve found a bug<\/em><\/strong><em>, you can post to the&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/forum\/alphabeta\"><em>Alpha\/Beta area<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;in the support forums. We\u2019d love to hear from you! If you\u2019re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/reports\/\"><em>file one on WordPress Trac<\/em><\/a><em>, where you can also find&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/tickets\/major\"><em>a list of known bugs<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>International-<br>isation is a word with<br>many syllables.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Meta boxes are<br>the original style block.<br>Old is new again.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress 5.0 Beta 4 is now available! This software is still in development,&nbsp;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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