WordPress 4.9 Release Candidate 2
The second release candidate for WordPress 4.9 is now available.
A release candidate (RC) means we think we’re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible we’ve missed something. We hope to ship WordPress 4.9 on Tuesday, November 14 (just over one week from now), but we need your help to get there. If you haven’t tested 4.9 yet, now is the time!
To test WordPress 4.9, you can use the WordPress Beta Tester plugin or you can download the release candidate here (zip).
We’ve made just over 20 changes since releasing RC 1 last week. For more details about what’s new in version 4.9, check out the Beta 1, Beta 2, Beta 3, Beta 4, and RC1 blog posts. Specific areas to test in RC2:
- Theme installation in the Customizer.
- Scheduling changes for publishing in the Customizer.
- Switching themes with live preview in the Customizer.
Developers, please test your plugins and themes against WordPress 4.9 and update your plugin’s Tested up to version in the readme to 4.9. If you find compatibility problems please be sure to post to the support forums so we can figure those out before the final release — we work hard to avoid breaking things. Please see the summative field guide to the 4.9 developer notes on the core development blog.
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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.
This week’s haiku is courtesy of @melchoyce:
We squashed all the bugs 
But uh, if not, let us know
Also, test your stuff
Thanks for your continued help testing out the latest versions of WordPress.