WordPress for Android version 15.5-rc-1 is available for testing on the Beta channel. You can ask to join the Beta Program at Android App Testing on Google Play. Once you have been accepted, click the “Become a Tester” button at the same link.
To test with an apk, you can download wpandroid-15.5-rc-1-universal.apk.
Bugs & Feedback
If you find a bug or want to share a feature request after testing, you can comment on this post, ping one of us in the #mobile room on WordPress.org Slack, or head straight GitHub and open an issue—please see “Where to Report” below.
Release Notes
- Block Editor: New feature for WordPress.com and Jetpack sites: auto-complete username mentions. An auto-complete popup will show up when the user types the @ character in the block editor.
- Search on post list for self-hosted sites has been enabled.
- Upload of audio files and documents in the media library has been enabled.
- Block Editor: Media editing support in Cover block.
- Block Editor: Fixed a bug on the Heading block, where a heading with a link and string formatting showed a white shadow in dark mode.
What to Test
To prepare:
- Go to Account > App Settings > Privacy settings and turn on the “Collect information” and “Crash reports” options.
- Go to My Site > Settings > Use Block Editor to enable the block editor for new posts.
- Switch to Dark Theme when testing Android 9.0+ devices for this release. On the device, go to Settings > Display > Advanced > Device theme and choose “Dark”.
- If you are comfortable testing in a language other than English, please test in that language.
To test:
- 11693 Test with a WordPress.com Simple or Jetpack site. Create a new post or page, type
@to select any user from the site, verify the mentioned user is notified. Repeat the test using the@option in the editor toolbar. Try typing an@symbol as a word by itself or at the start of the word with using mentions. - 12488 Test with a WordPress.com Simple or Jetpack site. Go to Media, “+” (top right), “Choose from device” and try uploading each file type mentioned at https://wordpress.com/support/accepted-filetypes/. Verify you can add images and videos into a post or page using the available blocks in the block editor. Verify you can add a file to a new post from the notice that appears after uploading it in Media. What happens when you do this with an audio file? (Note: the audio block is not yet supported in Gutenberg Mobile.)
- 12488 Test with a Self-hosted site. Go to Media, “+” (top right), “Choose from device” and try uploading each file type mentioned at https://codex.wordpress.org/Uploading_Files. Verify you can add images and videos into a post or page using the available blocks in the block editor. Verify you can add a file to a new post from the snackbar notice after uploading it in Media (what happens when you do this with an audio file?).
- 12565 Test with a Self-hosted site. Go to My Site > Blog Posts and search for posts. Check to see if words in the title and/or body work and that you can see older posts. Verify search results are the expected results. Test using a site with several hundred posts.
- 23280 Create a new post or page, add a cover block, add an image, verify you can tap the image to preview, replace the image, and tap the media editing icon at top to make edits to the image and then verify the edits are visible after publishing.
If you are able to complete the entire list above, please continue testing by looking at all the related PRs targeting WordPress-Android 15.5 and gutenberg-mobile 1.34, specifically any that you are able to and that aren’t already represented above.
Where to Report
- WordPress-Android on GitHub for non-block-editor issues.
- gutenberg-mobile on GitHub for block editor issues.
- This post for questions, feedback, or issues you’re not sure how to report in GitHub.
Instructions for Reporting Issues
- Search the GitHub repository first to see if the bug is a known issue. If you verify a known issue, please leave a comment noting the app and device info you tested with!
- For new issues, please follow the template GitHub repository that shows up when creating a new issue.
- Please be aware that a bot will ask for labels but you may not have rights to add them. Know that labels will be added by someone on the triage team. 👍
- Please do not include full Activity Logs which include tokens. Activity Logs can be very helpful for debugging but you should only include them if you have removed tokens as those should not be shared publicly. You can find the logs at Account > Help & Support > Application log.
Thanks for testing! ❤️