WordPress 7.0 RC3 and how to test your Bedrock installs with betas/RCs

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:information_source: WordPress 7.0 RC3 dropped on Friday, and WP 7.0 is scheduled for release on May 20th.

Bedrock ships with roots/wordpress by default, which bundles the roots/wordpress-core-installer and roots/wordpress-no-content packages. You can test any Bedrock install with betas/RCs by swapping the no-content package with wordpress-full:

  • composer remove -W roots/wordpress
  • composer require roots/wordpress-core-installer
    • Adding roots/wordpress-core-installer is required when using wordpress-full because the wordpress-full package doesn’t include it.
  • composer require roots/wordpress-full:7.0-RC3

More info on our different WordPress core packages available: WordPress Core via Composer — WP Packages

wordpress-full is generated similar to the wordpress-no-content package: releases are polled and updated every 10 minutes, so betas/RCs can be tested shortly after they’re released.

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RC4 just dropped: https://wordpress.org/news/2026/05/wordpress-7-0-release-candidate-4/

composer require roots/wordpress-full:7.0-RC4