WordPress 5.9 RC3
Download to test the third Release Candidate (RC3) for WordPress 5.9.
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WordPress 5.9 RC 2
The second Release Candidate (RC2) for WordPress 5.9 is available! The final release is slated for January 25, 2022.
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WordPress 5.9 RC 1
The WordPress 5.9 Release Candidate 1 is available. The final release is slated for January 25, 2022.
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WordPress 5.9 Beta 4
WordPress 5.9 Beta 4 released on 21 December 2021 and is available for testing.
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WordPress 5.9 Beta 3
WordPress 5.9 Beta 3 is now available for testing. Help test to make the release as good as it can be.
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WordPress 5.9 Beta 2
Can you help test the latest software version of WordPress? 5.9 Beta 2 was published on 7 December 2021, help find any bugs.
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WordPress 5.9 Beta 1
WordPress 5.9 Beta 1 is now available for testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. You don’t want to run this version on a production site. Instead, it is recommended that you run this on a test site. This will allow you to test out the new version. You can test the […]
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A Look at WordPress 5.9
WordPress 5.9 is expected to be a ground-breaking release. It will introduce the next generation of themes with Twenty Twenty-Two joining the fun and over 30 theme blocks to build all parts of your site. In anticipation of the January 25th release, we hope you enjoy this sneak peek of 5.9. New design tools will […]
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Upcoming Gallery Block improvements
Thanks to @javiarce & @annezazu for design and copy contributions. An exciting update to the Gallery Block gives you more ways to show off images in your posts and pages. While this change won’t be available for most folks until WordPress 5.9’s launch in January 2022, we wanted to share some of what’s to come […]
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Configuring Theme Design with theme.json
Starting in WordPress 5.8, a new tool — “theme.json” — is available to use in your theme. Maybe you’re hearing about it for the first time, or maybe you’re testing and developing themes with it already. Either way, I’m glad you’re here because it’s an exciting time for WordPress themes. This post provides a quick introduction […]