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title: "WordPress 4.3 Beta 1 Available"
description: "WordPress 4.3 Beta Now Available!!! As of July 2, 2015, the new Beta for WordPress version 4.3 has been released. You can download Below is a list of a few things that will be in the new version. You..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/wordpress/wp-releases/wordpress-4-3-beta/
date: 2015-07-02
modified: 2025-01-22
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["WordPress Releases"]
type: post
lang: en
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# WordPress 4.3 Beta 1 Available

## WordPress 4.3 Beta Now Available!!!

As of July 2, 2015, the new Beta for WordPress version 4.3 has been released. You can download Below is a list of a few things that will be in the new version. You can [download the beta here](https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.3-beta1.zip) or you can try the [WordPress Beta Tester](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/) plugin.

It is not recommended to upgrade to a BETA version on a live production environment. Please be responsible and use it in a testing environment.

- **Menus** will not be able to be managed via the **Customizer** ([#32576](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32576)).
- The **Site Icon** feaure will be added to manage your site’s favicon and app icon ([#16434](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16434)).
- The **Better Password** feature for password management ([#32589](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32589)).
- **Editor Improvements** have also been added allowing for automatic transformation of certain text patterns ([#31441](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/31441)).
- **List view** improvements have also been made, allowing small devices to be viewed without truncation ([#32395](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32395)).

For developers, there have also been a few changes:

- **Taxonomy Roadmap**: Terms that are shared across taxonomies are now split into separate terms ([#30261](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30261)).
- singular.php has been added to the template hierarchy. This is a fallback for single.php and page.php ([#22314](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/22314)).
- Distraction Free Writing code has been removed ([#30949](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30949)).
- List tables can have a defined primary column ([#25408](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/25408)).

![Using the Customizer menu tab in WordPress 4.3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/o6S2n6imgqM/maxresdefault.webp)

*We recommend watching our video on Using the Customizer menu tab in WordPress 4.3.*