4.4.2 Release Candidate

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A Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). for WordPress 4.4.2 is now available. This maintenance release is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, February 2, but first it needs your testing. This release fixes 17 issues reported against 4.4 and 4.4.1.

WordPress 4.4 has thus far been downloaded over 20 million times since it’s release on December 8. Please test this release candidate to ensure 4.4.2 fixes the reported issues and doesn’t introduce any new ones.

Contributors

Thank you to the following 11 contributors to 4.4.2:

afercia, berengerzyla, boonebgorges, chandrapatel, chriscct7, dd32, firebird75, ivankristianto, jmdodd, ocean90, salvoaranzulla

Fixes

A total of 17 fixes are included in this RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). (trac log). Notable fixes include:

#35344 – Strange pagination issue on front page after 4.4.1 update.This was a very visible issue for certain users with specific settings. While remnants of this issue still exist (see #35689), the bulk of it has been fixed and is ready for testing.
Comments – A total of 6 issues were fixed within the Comments component.
- #35419 – Incorrect comment pagination when comment threading is turned off
- #35402 – per_page parameter no longer works in wp_list_comments
- #35378 – Incorrect comment ordering when comment threading is turned off
- #35192 – Comments_clauses filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output. (issue)
- #35478 – 4.4 Regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or blockers. Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. on Querying for Comments by Multiple Post Fields
- #35356 – wp_list_comments ignores $comments parameter

Download & Test

We need your help to ensure there are no issues with the fixes in 4.4.2. Please download the RC and test!

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Ryan Boren 5:20 pm on February 1, 2016

Use the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. tester pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party to reduce testing the RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). to a few clicks. Rollback from the beta track to the latest production release is also a click. Details: https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/beta/
- Ryan Boren 5:22 pm on February 1, 2016
  
  I have several sites that follow trunktrunk A directory in Subversion containing the latest development code in preparation for the next major release cycle. If you are running "trunk", then you are on the latest revision. nightlies using the betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. tester pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party. To test the 4.4.2 RCrelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta)., I tried switching those sites from bleeding edgebleeding edge The latest revision of the software, generally in development and often unstable. Also known as trunk. trunk nightlies to point releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. nightlies using the beta tester plugin. After changing the setting in Tools > Beta Testing and doing an upgrade, I’m still on trunk. Smoothing this would be a nice improvement to beta testing flow.

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