WordPress 6.1 RC 1 Released, Ready for Testing and Translation – WP Tavern

We’re lower than three weeks out from WordPress 6.1’s official launch on November 1, 2022. RC 1 was launched this week, marking the hard string freeze, which implies 6.1 is ready to be translated.

The options touchdown on this launch are heavy on block and web site editor enhancements that may convey customers a better stage of design management. Many of those options have been examined within the Gutenberg plugin however will want additional testing now that they’re in core, together with the expanded template expertise, higher placeholders for blocks, new modal interfaces and preferences enhancements, and up to date menu administration. WordPress 6.1 contains 11 releases of the Gutenberg plugin (13.1 – 14.1).

In case you are monitoring WordPress’ core development blog, you might have seen the deluge of dev notes coming in forward of 6.1. Just a few of the highlights embody the next:

The WordPress 6.1 Field Guide has additionally been printed. This information contains all of the technical particulars of the modifications coming within the launch, in addition to the complete assortment of dev notes. There are a very good variety of updates that fall outdoors of the editor with ticket references within the Area Information, together with error logging and hooks added to wp-cron.php, database updates, addition of required attribute for required inputs on multisite web site registration, updates to exterior libraries, REST API enhancements, and lots of extra miscellaneous core updates.

Plugin and theme builders are inspired to check their extensions in opposition to RC1 and replace the “Examined as much as” model within the readme file. WordPress testers who usually are not comfy filing a Trac ticket for bugs ought to report them to the Alpha/Beta area within the assist boards.