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Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers.  Download , test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

WordPress 3.3.2 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions. Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates: Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media

Howdy, folks! Another week, another beta. Since we released Beta 1 last week, we’ve committed more than 60 bug fixes and feature adjustments based on testing and feedback. If you’ve been testing Beta 1, please update to Beta 2 to make sure things are still working for you.

The third (and hopefully final!) release candidate for WordPress 3.3 is now available. Since RC2, we’ve done  a handful of last-minute tweaks and bugfixes  that we felt were necessary

The second release candidate for WordPress 3.3 is now available! As the first release candidate was well-received, we think we’re really close to a final release. Primarily, we’ve ensured that new toolbar (the admin bar in 3.2) has a consistent appearance across all browsers, and the API for developers is now final. You can check our bug tracker for the complete list of changes

Release Candidate stage means we think we’re done and are about ready to launch this version, but are doing one last check before we officially call it. So take a look, and as always, please check your themes and plugins for compatibility if you’re a developer. Stayed up late tonight, Hammering toward RC1.

The march toward 3.3 continues! With all our major tickets closed, we are very close to a release candidate. In Beta 4 we’ve fixed a bunch of bugs, cleaned up the UI, added real text in some of the screens that still had placeholder text in Beta 3 (post-update screen, the Dashboard welcome area, new feature pointers), and generally tightened things up. We updated to jQuery 1.7.1 and addressed a LOT of bugs.

Testers, Beta 3 is now available! You know the drill: use a test install, see what you can break, and report any bugs you find. There have been 200 commits since Beta 2, but at this point, betas are not adding new features — it’s all about fixing bugs, making things a little prettier, and editing text strings. As always, plugin and theme authors, PLEASE test your code against the beta so you can catch any incompatibilities now rather than after your users update their WordPress installation and find bugs for you

Changes since Beta 1: Updated the Blue theme Fixed IE7 and RTL support Improved flyout menu styling and fixed several glitches Finished the Pointers implementation Landed the Welcome screen Improved contextual help styling Tweaked the admin bar a little more Fixed a bunch of bugs Consult the full change log  for details, and see the Beta 1 announcement for information on how to help test Beta 2. Download 3.3 Beta 2 .

WordPress 3.3 is ready for beta testers. As always, this is software still in development and  we don’t recommend that you run it on a production site  — set up a test site just to play with the new version.