WordPress 4.6 Beta 1已发布，该版本目前还在开发中，请不要用户已上线的正式网站。你可以使用WordPress Beta Tester 插件测试新版本，或者点此下载 WordPress 4.6 Beta 1。
WordPress 4.6 正式版计划在美国时间 8 月 16 日发布，先来看看主要的改进：
- 改进插件和主题的安装、更新和删除体验([37714])
- WP后台不再使用Google字体，换回系统自带字体，有助于加快后台速度(#36753)
- 改进编辑器 – 更可靠的恢复模式(#37025)以及检测输入的错误网址(#36638)
此外，开发者还应注意以下修改：
- Resource Hints (#34292) – Allow browsers to prefetch specific pages, render them in the background, perform DNS lookups, or to begin the connection handshake (DNS, TCP, TLS) in the background.
- New
WP_Site_Query(#35791) andWP_Network_Query(#32504) classes to query sites and networks with lazy loading for details. - Requests (#33055) – A new PHP library for HTTP requests that supports parallel requests and more.
WP_Term_Query(#35381) is modeled on existing query classes and provides a more consistent structure for generating term queries.- Language Packs (#34114, #34213) – Translations managed throughtranslate.wordpress.orgnow have a higher priority and are loaded just-in-time.
WP_Post_Type(#36217) provides easier access to post type objects and their underlying properties.- The Widgets API (#28216) was enhanced to support registering pre-instantiated widgets.
- Index definitions are now normalized by
dbDelta()([37583]). - Comments can now be stored in a persistent object cache (#36906).
- External Libraries were updated to the latest versions – Masonry to 3.3.2 and imagesLoaded to 3.2.0 (#32802), MediaElement.js to 2.21.2 (#36759), and TinyMCE to 4.3.13 (#37225).
- REST API responses now include an auto-discovery header (#35580) and a refreshed nonce when responding to an authenticated response (#35662).
- Expanded Meta Registration API via
register_meta()(#35658). - Customizer – Improved API for setting validation (#34893, #36944).
