WordPress for iOS version 9.8 beta is available for testing on TestFlight. Not part of the beta program yet? Please sign up for our TestFlight program to join as a beta tester.

What to Test:

1. New Features

• Uploads are now asynchronous!
• Pages that fail to upload will now be marked red.
• The input field for writing comments can now grow up to 5 lines.

2. Several Bug Fixes

• Post tags no longer drop a shadow.
• Resolved some refreshing issues when creating Categories.
• Jetpack: Resolved some layout issues during setup.
• Reader now loads with the correct locale.
• iPad: Tapping on a notification properly launches the App and shows it.
• Notifications: Tapping on a post notification takes you to the reader.
• Editor: Posts are initialized as Draft instead of Published.
• My Profile: Ampersands in names are now properly displayed.

There were a lot of other improvements made in this release that aren’t being called out in this post. For the main WordPress iOS application you can view the entire list here.

Bugs & Feedback

Did you find a bug or come up with a feature request while testing? You can discuss it here, ping one of us in the #mobile WordPress.org Slack room, report it using the TestFlight feedback link, or head straight to the iOS GitHub repository and open a new issue.

Thanks for testing!