WordPress 4.2 Beta 3 ![rw-book-cover](https://s.w.org/images/backgrounds/wordpress-bg-medblue.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Drew Jaynes]] - Full Title: WordPress 4.2 Beta 3 - Category: #articles - Summary: WordPress 4.2 Beta 3 is now available! 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/2015/03/wordpress-4-2-beta-3/ WordPress 4.2 Beta 3 is now available! **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 4.2, 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-4.2-beta3.zip) (zip). For more information about what’s new in version 4.2, check out the [Beta 1](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/03/wordpress-4-2-beta-1/) and [Beta 2](https://wordpress.org/news/2015/03/wordpress-4-2-beta-2/) blog posts. Some of the changes in Beta 3 include: * Removed **Shiny Installs** functionality due to concerns about the activation workflow. Please test the remaining “Shiny Updates” functionality from both the Plugins > Add New and Plugins screens to ensure in-line updating still works as well as before. * Fixed an issue with the **Comments Quick Edit** layout breaking on smaller screens. Please test on your mobile devices. * Improved **accessibility of login screen errors**. Screen reader users: please let us know if you encounter any issues. * Refined the **emoji compatibility** script to only load on the front- and back-end if the browser requires it. If you’re using a legacy web browser, please test. * Fixed several issues in **Press This** with inserted images being improperly linked to locations other than the source site. Go ahead, “press” a site with images on the page and tell us if the image links aren’t working as you’d expect. * Standardized the **time display format** in a variety of admin screens, switching to 24-hour notation where a.m. or p.m. are not specified. Please let us know if you notice you notice anything amiss! * **Various other bug fixes**. We’ve made [more than 65 changes](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/log?action=stop_on_copy&mode=stop_on_copy&rev=31901&stop_rev=31835&limit=100) in the last week. 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. Or, if you’re comfortable writing a bug report, [file one on the WordPress Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/). 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=4.2). *Emoji loader* *“Shiny Updates” still stand firm* *Beta 3, please test!*, WordPress 4.2 Beta 3, Drew Jaynes, 01gnmcz9c87yjy2r24s7k1pbqv.