WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 ![rw-book-cover](https://s.w.org/images/backgrounds/wordpress-bg-medblue.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[John Blackbourn]] - Full Title: WordPress 4.1 Beta 1 - Category: #articles - Summary: Welcome, everyone, to WordPress 4.1 Beta 1! This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4. - URL: https://wordpress.org/news/2014/11/wordpress-4-1-beta-1/ Welcome, everyone, to WordPress 4.1 Beta 1! **This software is still in development,** so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site just to play with the new version. To test WordPress 4.1, try the [WordPress Beta Tester](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/) plugin (you’ll want “bleeding edge nightlies”). Or you can [download the beta here](https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.1-beta1.zip) (zip). WordPress 4.1 is due for release next month, so we need your help with testing. Here are some highlights of what to test: * Our beautiful new default theme, [Twenty Fifteen](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/09/09/twenty-fifteen/). It’s a clean, mobile-first, blog-focused theme designed through simplicity. * A new [distraction-free writing mode for the editor](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/11/11/focus-v2-demo-video/). It’s enabled by default for beta, and we’d love feedback on it. * The ability to automatically install new language packs right from the General Settings screen (available as long as your site’s filesystem is writable). * A new inline formatting toolbar for images embedded into posts. There have been a lot of changes for developers to test as well: * [Improvements to meta, date, comment, and taxonomy queries](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/10/20/update-on-query-improvements-in-4-1/), including complex (nested, multiple relation) queries; and querying comment types ([#12668](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/12668)). * A single term shared across multiple taxonomies is now split into two when updated. For more, [see this post](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/11/12/an-update-on-the-taxonomy-roadmap/), [#5809](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5809), and [#30335](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30335). * Several [improvements to the Customizer API](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2014/10/27/toward-a-complete-javascript-api-for-the-customizer/), including contextual panels and sections, and JavaScript templates for controls. If you want a more in-depth view of what changes have made it into 4.1, [check out the weekly review posts](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/) on the main development blog. **If you think you’ve found a bug**, you can post to the [Alpha/Beta area](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/alphabeta) 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](https://make.wordpress.org/core/reports/). There, you can also find [a list of known bugs](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/tickets/major) and [everything we’ve fixed](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&group=component&milestone=4.1) so far. Happy testing! *Twenty Fifteen theme* *The beautiful face which hides* *Many improvements*, WordPress 4.1 Beta 1, John Blackbourn, 01gnmczv7s6zyjg6qfqdmn7jm9.