WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 Available for the Usual Tests

Wordpress 4.1 Beta 1 now available for testing and still on development stage.

Before two days , Wordpress released a beta 1 version of Wordpress 4.1 and this beta 1 version consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version.

A few days after we delay the bill, as well as the main new features of WordPress 4.1, there came the Beta 1 version. This beta version is available for the usual tests, particularly in the areas which have the most relevant changes and implementations. To test WordPress 4.1, try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can download the beta here (zip).

However, the next release, WordPress 4.1, should have a few more visible changes as well as a new default theme – Twenty Fifteen – that will be released alongside WordPress 4.1.

John Blackbourn announced the beta and outlined a list of features and improvements that you’ll want to put through the paces. The most visible items include the following:

• There is a new theme by default,  Fifteen Twenty . Comes up with a clean look, prepared to answer the query via mobile devices and is simple.
• There is a new way of writing free of distractions . In the Beta version is enabled by default but is at this stage that defines continues or becomes so disabled by default. Hence it is important the contribution of the community.
• There is the possibility of automatic language package installation, through the General tab in the options. Is available from the file system of the server where the website is hosted has write permissions.
• There is a new way to format images incorporated in the articles.

The items listed do not include everything that’s coming in 4.1, but rather the features that require the most testing before the official release. There are also many improvements under the hood for developers to test:

• Improvements to meta, date, comment, and taxonomy queries, including complex (nested, multiple relation) queries; and querying comment types
• A single term shared across multiple taxonomies is now split into two when updated.
• A new and better way for themes to handle title tags.
• Improvements to the Customizer API, including contextual panels and sections, and JavaScript templates for controls

Here is the current state of the Focus v2 project, a re-think of Distraction Free Writing:

If you think you’ve found a bug, you can post to the Alpha/Beta area in the support forums. We’d love to hear from you! If you’re comfortable writing a reproducible bug report, file one on the WordPress Trac. There, you can also find a list of known bugs and everything we’ve fixed so far.