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