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WordPress Beta Tester

WordPress Beta Tester

By Andy Fragen
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Description

This plugin provides an easy way to get involved with beta testing WordPress.

Once installed it will enable you to upgrade your website to the latest Nightly, Beta, or Release Candidate at the click of a button using the built in upgrader.

By default once enabled it switches your website onto the point release update channel.

For the more adventurous there is the option to switch to the bleeding edge (trunk) of development.

Don’t forget to backup before you start!

Please enable auto-updates for this plugin to ensure future changes are properly handled with core updates.

Extra Settings

There is a setting to Skip successful autoupdate emails. It functions to disable sending emails to the admin user for successful autoupdates. Only emails indicating failures of the autoupdate process are sent.

There is a setting to Skip bundled plugins and themes. It functions to disable the installation of any plugins or themes that are bundled with the Core update.

PRs are welcome on GitHub.

Screenshots

  • Main Settings page
  • Extra Settings page
  • Dashboard widget

Installation

  1. Upload to your plugins folder, usually wp-content/plugins/
  2. Activate the plugin on the plugin screen.
  3. Navigate to Tools … Beta Testing to configure the plugin.
  4. Under Mulitsite, navigate to Settings … Beta Testing to configure the plugin.
  5. Visit Dashboard … Upgrade (Or Tools … Upgrade in versions before 3.0) and update to the latest Beta Release.

Reviews

Great tool

April 8, 2025
Seems to work as expected. Great tool to test plugins before release and ensure they are compatible with the next Wordpress release. So thank you for the plugin.

What a fantastic facility!

October 8, 2024
This is just brilliant. It allows anyone to test out the beta and see if everything works – Nice work here! I only found out about this from the WPBUILDS podcast – needs more promotion – its fantastic!

Effortlessly Test and Review WordPress Updates with the Beta Tester Plugin

August 7, 2023
I have been using the WordPress Beta Tester plugin for a few months now, and I am blown away by its performance. This plugin has revolutionized the way I test and review WordPress updates, making it easy and hassle-free. One of the best things about this plugin is its simplicity. The interface is straightforward and easy to navigate, making it simple to install and configure. I love how I can easily manage which updates I want to test and review, and how the plugin keeps me informed of the status of each update. Another great feature of the plugin is its reliability. I have yet to experience any issues or bugs with the plugin, and I know that it is constantly being updated and improved by the WordPress team. Overall, I highly recommend the WordPress Beta Tester plugin to any WordPress user who wants to stay ahead of the game and test the latest updates before they are released to the public. It is a must-have plugin for anyone who values the security and stability of their plugin/theme/website.
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Contributors & Developers

“WordPress Beta Tester” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“WordPress Beta Tester” has been translated into 29 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Interested in development?

Browse the code, check out the SVN repository, or subscribe to the development log by RSS.

Changelog

4.0.0 / 2025-11-07

  • refactor to use core_version_check_query_args filter for simplicity and compatibility
  • remove checks on WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE
  • update to require WordPress 4.9

3.6.4 / 2025-07-10

  • update readme
  • fixed incorrect path to delete_plugins()
  • check for require_filesystem_credentials() as missing during update.

3.6.3 / 2025-03-25

  • update workflow
  • add extra setting to remove auto-installed plugin(s)

3.6.2 / 2024-12-02

  • Plugin Check and i18n updates

3.6.1 / 2024-10-23

  • fix if get_preferred_from_update_core() continues to return less than a complete response

3.6.0 / 2024-10-09

  • remove Report a Bug in favor of using the standalone Test Reports plugin

3.5.6 / 2024-07-06

  • string update
  • no need to skip debug email

3.5.5 / 2023-10-19

  • add Settings to action links, thanks @0aveRyan

3.5.4 / 2023-09-09

  • use automatic_updates_send_debug_email filter to turn off sending debug email
  • mysql_get_client_info() no longer in PHP 7.0, switch to mysqli_get_client_info()
  • make anonymous functions static

3.5.3 / 2023-08-10

  • update for changed standalone afragen/test-reports plugin
  • set actual next beta/RC in messaging

3.5.2 / 2023-07-12

  • fix dev-notes URL

3.5.1 / 2023-07-06

  • add setting in Extra Settings to hide Report a Bug
  • add filter wpbt_hide_report_a_bug
  • update if Report a Bug plugin active
  • link to settings if Report a Bug is hidden
  • update for latest WP API responses, thanks @dd32

3.5.0 / 2023-06-30

  • update dashboard widget for MarComm publishing of posts
  • update to correctly identify Opera browser in Report a Bug
  • update API query when channel set to beta or RC and version is non-current
  • fix WP_Beta_Tester::switch_update_offer() to correctly display ‘Update’ or ‘Re-install’ buttons on update-core.php
  • remove unused item from Extra Settings tab

3.4.1 / 2023-05-26

  • Report a Bug only for logged in users

3.4.0 / 2023-05-21

  • update to point release if set for development beta/rc and new point release occurs

3.3.8 / 2023-05-18

  • update composer.json
  • update GitHub Actions
  • update to correctly return ‘upgrade’ or ‘latest’ offer when set to ‘beta’ or ‘rc’ stream

3.3.7 / 2023-03-28

  • better fix for spacing of bug report copy
  • Report a Bug: update database data for SQLite

3.3.6 / 2023-02-25

  • fix spacing of bug report copy

3.3.5 / 2023-02-22

  • updated dashboard widget with some better dynamic information
  • Report a Bug: introduce search button
  • updated strings
  • Report a Bug: Truncate the value of mysqli::$client_info

3.3.4 / 2023-03-20

  • PHP 5.6 and EOD, why we can’t have nice looking code in the editor

3.3.3 / 2023-03-20

  • add an icon 🐞
  • improved environment data and display
  • improve clipboard text for insertion
  • lots of other stuff for Colin to do

3.3.2 / 2023-03-17 🇮🇪☘️

  • more fixes for ‘Report a Bug’
  • updated/added strings
  • some developery stuff

3.3.1 / 2023-03-17 ☘️

  • update readme
  • sort listed plugins in ‘Report a Bug’
  • add mu-plugins in ‘Report a Bug’
  • fix for multisite
  • initiate plugin in plugins_loaded