Hello everyone! In this video I will show
how you can test WordPress
beta releases before any major version
of WordPress is officially released.
It goes through a series of beta releases
that you can find from WordPress beta release
schedule post and here you will find all
the release date for beta versions like beta one, two, three.
So I started this video here. And here I will show
how you can install a beta tester plugin
and test beta three.
as this released recently?
So I have I created a staging site.
It's a fresh installation and I will show
how you can test this 6.5 beta three version here.
So if I go to updates section
here you will find a current
version is 6.4.3. But as we
noticed here, 6.5.3 beta is available.
So I will show how you can test this.
For doing this I will install a plugin called
beta WordPress Beta Tester.
So I will just copy this
here I will search for it.
So this is the plugin WordPress Beta tester.
And I will hit on Install Now button
And then I will activate it
So from here I will go to settings option.
And here I will select the bleeding edge
and then beta RC only.
So I will hit Save Changes button
And then I will go to updates section again.
And here you will find update
to version 6.5 beta three.
So if I click on this.
After that I have to click on update
WordPress database and continue.
So we are updated to 6.5 beta three.
If I go to update section again
you will see we are using
6.5 beta three version.
so, we were in 6.4.3 and
we are now using 6.5 beta three.
So if you want to test more versions like
I updated from 6.4.3
if you want to test from other versions.
So, we can do that as well.
There are several plugins available
for rolling back to the WordPress versions
of a site, such as core rollback
and WP downgrade.
In this video, I will demonstrate
using the core Rollback WordPress plugin.
After activating this plugin,
if you visit the tools section,
you will find rollback core
and here you can roll back
to some other versions like
if I want to roll back to 5.9.9
and hit on rollback button
here it will take us to 5.9.9.
And if I hit on reinstall version 5.9.9
and it will downgrade my WordPress version.
So I have to update the database again
Update is complete
So I am now using 5.9.9.
And if I go to updates section again.
And then I will find option update to version 6.5 beta three.
So I have to update the database again
and click on continue.
So we are now using 6.5.
So this is the task basically
you have to test from different versions
to beta 6.5 beta three version.
And if it's working smoothly you
have to just write the report.
So how can I participate in the release party?
Okay, you have to find that specific release parties post.
And here you will find the time of release party.
So you have to join on that particular date and time
And once you join on the core channel on slack
you will see a release party is happening.
So once the host welcome you to join the release party,
you have to join.
And then you have to test from different versions.
So you will see lots of people
are giving different type of test reports.
So it's here, host will tell it's testing time
and he will give the instruction
how you can test
what I already shown you.
So you have to just follow my method.
And here, you have to just provide different test reports
like from which version you upgraded to the final version.
So you have to you can test multiple times
and give same report here.
And you will see lots of people
also giving their test reports
from different versions.
that is the task basically.
So you can now try testing a core release too!
If you have any difficulties, feel free to ask for help
in core slack channel or in the WordPress support forum.