Rachel 4:52 pm on March 25, 2019
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Call for testing: WordPress for Android 12.1

WordPress for Android version 12.1-rc-1 is available for testing on 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. channel.

What to Test:

  • Editor: Sharing pictures to WordPress now opens the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor. To test, select a photo in the Photos app and share it to WordPress. Select a test site and choose “Add to new post” to start a new post with that photo in the block editor. (PR #9442)
  • Stats:
    • Refreshed posts stats details screen. To view it, go to Blog Posts > Stats for an individual post or Stats > Posts & Pages > Select a post or page. (PR #9435)
    • Refreshed View All stats screen. To view it, go to Stats, find a stats module with a “View All” button, and select it (this is more likely on stats screens with more views, e.g. the Years tab). (PR #9448)
    • Visual update to Today’s stats, All-Time stats, and Most Popular stats blocks on Stats Insights tab. To view it, go to Stats > Insights and confirm the 2-column layout in these blocks displays your stats correctly. (PR #9453)
  • Notifications: You can now swipe between tab filters (All, Unread, Comments, etc.) in notifications. (PR #9421)
  • Design improvements for the site creation flow. (PR #9410)
  • Find all other changes/fixes and details in the related PRs targeting 12.1.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room or head straight to the Android GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Josepha 2:05 pm on March 13, 2019
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Rachel 3:04 pm on March 12, 2019  

Call for testing: WordPress for iOS 12.0

WordPress for iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. version 12.0 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. is available for testing on TestFlight.

Not part of the beta program yet? Please sign up for our TestFlight program (open the link on your iPhone or iPad) to join as a beta tester.

What to Test

New Features

  • BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor: The block editor for the apps is still in beta. Check out the block editor announcement post for details about what to expect and how to test it.
    • Dictation now works with the block editor. Try dictating text in the editor (using the built-in iOS dictation) and confirm it works as expected.
    • Fixed an issue in the block editor where images could not be uploaded to private sites.

Bug Fixes

  • Redesigned Notices: To test, trigger a notice and confirm it appears with a dark background and light (readable) text. Notices you can trigger include: uploading media to the media library, unfollowing a site in the Reader, and navigating the app while offline. (PR #11118)
  • Offline: Changed offline error messages to be less disruptive (a notice instead of an alert). To test, turn off your network connection and navigate to the Reader, My Site > Comments/Pages/Blog Posts, or Notifications. (PR #11171)
  • Find all other changes/fixes in the related PRs targeting 12.0.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room, report it using the TestFlight feedback link, or head straight to the iOS GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Rachel 3:58 pm on March 11, 2019
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Call for testing: WordPress for Android 12.0

WordPress for Android version 12.0-rc-1 is available for testing on 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. channel.

What to Test:

New Features

  • BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor: The block editor for the apps is still in beta. Check out the block editor announcement post for details about what to expect and how to test it.
    • When a heading was inserted in the block editor it would show with no formatting. We have now fixed this.
  • Stats: We have made some small improvements to stats, including adding a new section to show your site’s posting activity. (PR #9330)

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

  • Editor: New posts are now created as drafts to make sure they won’t be published accidentally. To test, go through the steps in the original issue and the test cases in the PR to confirm they work as expected. Also, get creative and test any other cases around creating, saving, scheduling, publishing, and updating posts to confirm the fix hasn’t introduced any unintended changes. (PR #9322)
  • Editor: The block editor now opens faster with large posts. To test, create a post with a lot of content in the block editor and open it in the app. Possible cases to test include older devices and Android versions, rotating the device while the post loads, losing the internet connection while the post loads, or putting the app in the background while the post loads. (PR #9370)
  • Notifications: The Notifications screen now uses tabs to 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. different types of notifications. To test, navigate around the notifications tabs and your notification details and confirm the tabs work as expected. Confirm the tabs work as expected on different device sizes/orientations and UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. languages. (PR #9355)
  • Find all other changes/fixes and details in the related PRs targeting 12.0.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room or head straight to the Android GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Josepha 10:39 pm on March 1, 2019
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Rachel 8:36 am on February 28, 2019  

Call for testing: WordPress for iOS 11.9

WordPress for iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. version 11.9 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. is available for testing on TestFlight.

Not part of the beta program yet? Please sign up for our TestFlight program (open the link on your iPhone or iPad) to join as a beta tester.

What to Test

New Features

  • BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor: The block editor for the apps is now in beta! Check out the block editor announcement post for details about what to expect and how to test it.

Bug Fixes

  • Updated the screen (illustration and copy) that appears when the app has a network connectivity issue, for consistency. (PR #11101)
  • Updated the site icon in My Sites to remove the white background color (previously visible if the site icon had transparency). (PR #11072)
  • Added padding to the bottom of the share extension’s editor (when sharing to the WordPress app from another app), to make typing a longer post a bit more comfortable. (PR #10995)
  • Find all other changes/fixes in the related PRs targeting 11.9.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room, report it using the TestFlight feedback link, or head straight to the iOS GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Rachel 10:16 am on February 26, 2019
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Call for testing: WordPress for Android 11.9

WordPress for Android version 11.9-rc-1 is available for testing on 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. channel.

What to Test:

New Features

  • BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor: The block editor for the apps is now in beta! Check out the block editor announcement post for details about what to expect and how to test it.

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

  • Fixed an issue where scheduled posts showed up as scheduled even after they were published. (PR #9257)
  • Italics now use the <em> tag (instead of the <i> tag) by default. (PR #9189)
  • Find all other changes/fixes and details in the related PRs targeting 11.9.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room or head straight to the Android GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Jorge Bernal 10:13 am on February 26, 2019
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The block editor is coming to the mobile apps

I’m proud to announce that we’ll be shipping the first public version of the blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor in the apps with their 11.9 release. This release will be available for 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. testers today (learn more about testing the apps), and the general public in March 11th.

What to expect

For this first version, our main focus was to build a pleasant writing experience with support for the most basic types of content.

Our data showed that 90%+ of the posts created on the mobile apps consisted of basic text and images, so we decided to focus on supporting the Paragraph, Image, and Heading blocks on this version.

Within those limits, we wanted this to be functional and usable as a replacement editor from the start, so we did a lot of work on making sure the little things that you would expect to work on an editor were there: pressing enter would create a new paragraph block, support for undoing and redoing edits, basic formatting,…

Known issues

  • On iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads., using typing suggestions sometimes removes spaces between words.
  • On iOS, dictation doesn’t work at the moment.
  • On Android, when you insert a Heading block it initially shows no formatting.

How to test the block editor in the apps

Once you have version 11.9 of the apps, the block editor will be available, but not always used by default. When you edit an existing post, it will detect if it has block content and open it in the block editor, otherwise it will open in the classic editor. If you prefer to edit a post with blocks in the classic editor you can still do so by going to the editor menu (•••) and choosing “Switch to Classic Editor”.

When you create a new post, it will use the classic editor by default. To change that, you can go to Me > App Settings and enable the Use Block Editor option, and every new post will be created in the block editor.

What’s next

After the release, we will start working on some UXUX UX is an acronym for User Experience - the way the user uses the UI. Think ‘what they are doing’ and less about how they do it. improvements and visual refinements that didn’t make it in time, and any major bugs that comes up. Shortly after that we’ll also spend time adding support for the most common blocks and use cases.

Get involved

You can follow along on the Gutenberg and gutenberg-mobile GithubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repos, and if you have any questions or want to get involved, you can discuss here or find us in the #core-editor and #mobile rooms in WordPress.org Slack.

Rachel 11:35 am on February 12, 2019
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Call for testing: WordPress for Android 11.8

WordPress for Android version 11.8-rc-1 is available for testing on 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. channel.

What to Test:

New Features

  • In Stats, a date selector to move to the next/previous time period has been added.

Bug Fixes & Enhancements

  • Unused location permissions have been removed.
  • Quick Start experience (for new signups in the app) has been improved.
  • Small visual tweaks in the Stats pages.
  • Find all other changes/fixes and details in the related PRs targeting 11.8.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room or head straight to the Android GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!

Rachel 11:19 am on February 12, 2019  

Call for testing: WordPress for iOS 11.8

WordPress for iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. version 11.8 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. is available for testing on TestFlight.

Not part of the beta program yet? Please sign up for our TestFlight program to join as a beta tester.

What to Test

New Features

  • You can now share a site via Reader. Try it out: Go to Reader > Search and search for a site. Then, select the site and tap the share icon in the top right.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where sometimes editing a local copy of a draft post, then discarding changes, would delete the whole post instead.
  • Fixed a bug in Reader where the app sometimes crashed when showing a post with a video.
  • Fixed some UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing. layout errors where elements overlapped or had wrong sizes in some cases.
  • Find all other changes/fixes in the related PRs targeting 11.8.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room, report it using the TestFlight feedback link, or head straight to the iOS GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!