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title: Uses
date: "2020-10-24"
author: "Birgit Pauli-Haack"
url: "https://icodeforapurpose.com/uses/"
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This site uses the latest versions of WordPress, Gutenberg, default theme and PHP  for various testing purposes.

- Hosting via **SpinupWP** on DigitalOcean.
- **PHP 8** – to make sure the new WordPress version works on PHP 8
- **WordPress trunk** (via [Beta Tester Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-beta-tester/) *> Bleeding Edge | Nightlies *)  – The release cycle for WordPress 5.6 started on October 20 with the first beta release.
- **Gutenberg **from [Master Zip via Gutenberg Times](https://gutenbergtimes.com/need-a-zip-from-master/) – Most Gutenberg changes are in WordPress 5.6 beta already. Using the master zip helps to test for bugs that haven’t been fixed yet.
- **Twenty-Twenty-Four **Default theme – With WordPress beta 1 the default things was also released and need people to test.

The Laptops & browsers

- MacBook Air  Laptop: OSX 10.14.6
- Mac PowerBook Laptop: OSX 10.15.7
- Google Chrome: Version 86.0.4240.111