WordPress 6.6 Beta 2 is here! Please download and test it.
This beta version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites—you risk unexpected results if you do.
Instead, test Beta 2 on a local site or a testing environment in any of these four ways:
| Plugin | Install and activate the WordPress Beta Tester plugin on a WordPress install. (Select the “Bleeding edge” channel and “Beta/RC Only” stream). |
|---|---|
| Direct Download | Download the Beta 2 version (zip) and install it on a WordPress website. |
| Command Line | Use this WP-CLI command:wp core update --version=6.6-beta2 |
| WordPress Playground | Use a 6.6 Beta 2 WordPress Playground instance to test the software directly in your browser. This might be the easiest way ever—no separate sites, no setup. Just click and go! |
The target release date for WordPress 6.6 is July 16, 2024. Your help testing Beta and RC versions over the next five weeks is vital to making sure the final release is everything it should be: stable, powerful, and intuitive.
If you find an issue
If you run into an issue, please share it in the Alpha/Beta area of the support forums. If you are comfortable submitting a reproducible bug report, you can do so via WordPress Trac. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs.
The bug bounty doubles in the beta period
The WordPress community sponsors a financial reward for reporting new, unreleased security vulnerabilities. That reward doubles between Beta 1, which landed June 4, and the final Release Candidate (RC) that will happen July 9. Please follow the project’s responsible-disclosure practices detailed on this HackerOne page and in this security white paper.
The work continues
Catch up with what’s new in 6.6: check out the Beta 1 announcement for the highlights.
Beta 2 packs in more than 50 updates to the Editor since the Beta 1 release, including 40+ tickets for WordPress core:
- GitHub commits for 6.6 since June 4
- Closed Trac tickets since June 4
The beta cycle is all about fixing the bugs you find in testing. Thanks again for this vitally important contribution to WordPress!
Props to @priethor, @dansoschin, @davidb, @atachibana, @meher, @webcommsat, and @juanmaguitar for collaboration and review.
A Beta 2 haiku
Testing is vital:
It makes everything better.
Let’s find all the bugs!