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

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/wordpress-7-0-rc3-and-how-to-test-your-bedrock-installs-with-betas-rcs/30342
**Category:** bedrock
**Tags:** wp-packages, composer
**Created:** 2026-05-10T15:23:31Z
**Posts:** 2

## Post 1 by @ben — 2026-05-10T15:23:31Z

:information_source: [WordPress 7.0 RC3 dropped on Friday](https://wordpress.org/news/2026/05/wordpress-7-0-release-candidate-3/), 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](https://wp-packages.org/wordpress-core)

`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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## Post 2 by @ben — 2026-05-14T16:47:28Z

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

`composer require roots/wordpress-full:7.0-RC4`