Video: What’s Coming in WordPress 5.4

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Video: How to Clean up Your WordPress Media Library 2 Easy Methods

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WordPress 5.4 RC3

The third release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is now available!

WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to be released on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time!

There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate:

• Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option)
• Or download the release candidate here (zip).

For details about what to expect in WordPress 5.4, please see the first release candidate post.

RC3 addresses improvements to the new About page and 8 fixes for the following bugs and regressions:

• 49657 – Block Editor: Update WordPress Packages WordPress 5.4 RC 3
• 49621 – Travis: Download Chromium for E2E Tests Only
• 48164 – media_sideload_image Should Store Original URL and Optionally Check for Dupes
• 49577 – Site Health Status Dashboard Provides Incorrect Items Count on Initial Load
• 47053 – Accessibility: Need to set proper ‘tabindex’ in ‘Skip To Toolbar’ HTML
• 48303 – Docblock Improvements for 5.4
• 49374 – Use get_post_states to Denote Special Pages on the Added Menu Item Accordions
• 49619 – Use <hr /> Instead of Margin on Freedoms Page

Plugin and Theme Developers

Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.4 and update the Tested up to version in the readme to 5.4. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release.

The WordPress 5.4 Field Guide has also been published, which details the major changes.

How to Help

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

WordPress 5.4 RC3 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/wordpress-5-4-rc3/

Video: How to Create a Coupon Popup in WordPress

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Video: 10 Best Affiliate Marketing Tools and Plugins for WordPress

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WordPress 5.4 RC2

The second release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is now available!

WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to be released on March 31 2020, and we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time!

There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate:

• Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option)
• Or download the release candidate here (zip).

For details about what to expect in WordPress 5.4, please see the first release candidate post.

RC2 addresses improvements to the new About page and 5 fixes for the following bugs and regressions:

• 49611 – Block Editor: Update WordPress Packages WordPress 5.4 RC 2
• 49318 – Bundled Themes: Twenty Twenty content font CSS selector is too important
• 49585 – REST API: Fix typo in disable-custom-gradients theme feature description
• 49568 – Block Editor: Fix visual regression in editor’s color picker
• 49549 – Bundled Themes: Calendar widget CSS fixes on various Bundled themes

Plugin and Theme Developers

Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.4 and update the Tested up to version in the readme to 5.4. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release.

The WordPress 5.4 Field Guide has also been published, which details the major changes.

How to Help

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages!

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

WordPress 5.4 RC2 was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/wordpress-5-4-rc2/

Video: How to Enable Maintenance Mode for WooCommerce

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Video: 7 Best Virtual Business Phone Number Apps in 2020 (w/ Free Options)

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WordPress 5.4 Release Candidate

The first release candidate for WordPress 5.4 is now available!

This is an important milestone as we progress toward the WordPress 5.4 release date. “Release Candidate” means that the new version is ready for release, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible something was missed. WordPress 5.4 is currently scheduled to be released on March 31, 2020, but we need your help to get there—if you haven’t tried 5.4 yet, now is the time!

There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.4 release candidate:

• Try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (choose the “bleeding edge nightlies” option)
• Or download the release candidate here (zip).

What’s in WordPress 5.4?

WordPress 5.4 has lots of refinements to polish the developer experience. To keep up, subscribe to the Make WordPress Core blog and pay special attention to the developer notes tag for updates on those and other changes that could affect your products.

Plugin and Theme Developers

Please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 5.4 and update the Tested up to version in the readme file to 5.4. If you find compatibility problems, please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release.

The WordPress 5.4 Field Guide will be published within the next 24 hours with a more detailed dive into the major changes.

How to Help

Do you speak a language other than English? Help us translate WordPress into more than 100 languages! This release also marks the hard string freeze point of the 5.4 release schedule.

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on WordPress Trac, where you can also find a list of known bugs.

WordPress 5.4 Release Candidate was originally posted at https://wordpress.org/news/2020/03/wordpress-5-4-release-candidate/

Video: Are You Working on Your WordPress Website?

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