trying out tomorrow’s wordpress today
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Trying Out Tomorrow’s WordPress TodayDrew JaynesWordCamp Portland 2015
Beta Testing WordPress
You are ideal beta testers
Be empowered
What’s beta testing?
— The second phase of software testing in which a sampling of the intended audience tries the product out.
Beta Testing
Development Process
• Alpha (development) (6 weeks) • Beta (dev+testing) (4-6 weeks) • Release Candidate (testing) (2-3 weeks) • Release
Development Process
• Feature plugins have been merged • New enhancements frozen • Bug fixing, testing, iteration
Beta: Overview
Getting Started
• Setup • What to test • Where to report feedback
Getting Started
1. Existing site +Beta Tester
• Low barrier to entry • Use your own site • Test your theme and plugins • Nightly updates • Access to the “Beta Testing” plugins tab
Existing site: Pros
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/
• Upgrades your database • Rollback options are limited
Existing site: Cons
2. Dev site + Beta Tester
• “Bleeding edge” • Can break things and no big deal • Access to the “Beta Testing” plugins tab • You can use DesktopServer
Dev site: Pros
https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/installing-a-local-server/desktopserver/
• Higher barrier to entry
Dev site: Cons
• Low/no barrier to entry • Access to the “Beta Testing” plugins • Updated hourly
trywpbeta.com: Pros
• Can’t test with all themes or plugins • Locked-down • “Vanilla”
trywpbeta.com: Cons
Where to find out what to test
• WordPress.org News blog • make.wordpress.org/core • Feature plugins list • WP Tavern, Post Status
Where to find out what to test
Where to report feedback
• Alpha/Beta forum • Core Trac • Your own blog or social media
Where to report feedback
Test some stuff
• Twenty Sixteen • Embed a WordPress post in
a WordPress post • New oEmbed providers • Responsive Images • New default comments form
Test some stuff: 4.4 Beta 1
• REST API infrastructure • Accessibility improvements in wp-admin • New post permalink flow • Customizer widgets speed improvements • Keep your menus when you switch themes
Test some other stuff: 4.4 Beta 1
