The Test Team helps manage testing and triage across the WordPress ecosystem. They focus on user testing of the editing experience and WordPress dashboard, replicating and documenting bug reports, and supporting a culture of review and triage across the project.
Would you like to help test Gutenberg?
We would love to have you! GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ releases are happening every few weeks right now.
To help with general testing after opting in to the “Try Gutenberg” callout in the WordPress 4.9.8 dashboard, please comment here or say hello in #core-test on WordPress Slack.
To help with pre-releaseRelease A release is the distribution of the final version of an application. A software release may be either public or private and generally constitutes the initial or new generation of a new or upgraded application. A release is preceded by the distribution of alpha and then beta versions of the software. testing, or regression testing, first get a testing environment setup.
If you find a new bug, file it in gutenberg on GitHub.
Anyone can jump in to help with issues labeled Needs Testing and if you are a developer then issues labeled Needs Technical Feedback would be a great place to lend a hand. See the bug testing guidelines in the handbook for some tips.
If you want to help and aren’t sure where to start, just ask!