WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 is available for download and testing!

This beta version of the WordPress software is still under development. Please don’t install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, you can evaluate Beta 3 on a test server and site.

WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 can be tested using any of the following methods

How to test this release

Your help testing the WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 version is key to ensuring that everything in the release is the best it can be. While testing the upgrade process is essential, trying out new features is equally as important. This detailed guide provides a walk through on testing features in WordPress 6.9.

If you encounter an issue, please report it to the Alpha/Beta area of the support forums, or directly to WordPress Trac if you are comfortable writing a reproducible bug report. You can also check your issue against a list of known bugs.

Curious about testing releases in general? Follow along with the testing initiatives in Make Core and join the #core-test channel on Making WordPress Slack.

Beta 3 updates and highlights

WordPress 6.9 Beta 3 contains more than 80 updates and fixes since the Beta 2 release.

Each beta cycle focuses on bug fixes, and more are on the way with your testing! You can browse the technical details for all issues addressed since Beta 2 using these links:

• Gutenberg commits for 6.9 since October 28, 2025
• Closed Core Trac tickets for 6.9 since October 28, 2025
• Comparing commit changes in Core for 6.9 since October 28, 2025