This is the second release candidate for v2.1, after the first beta, second beta, and first release candidate. For the full list of changes coming in this release, see the previous prerelease changelogs, as well as the exhaustive list in the 2.1 milestone. The 2.1.0 final release is due on May 6th.

On top of the changes in the previous prereleases, this prerelease includes 1 closed issue and 4 merged pull requests. Please report any issues you encounter while testing!

The changes included are minor:

• Fix support for Instagram Reel permalinks. https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/issues/6169, https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/pull/6170
• Update amp-toolbox-php to v0.5.1 to fix accidentally stripped runtime preloads. https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/pull/6173, https://github.com/ampproject/amp-toolbox-php/pull/180
• Prevent page_for_posts from interfering with hero image candidate identification. https://github.com/ampproject/amp-wp/pull/6168

Installation

You can also install the amp.zip build linked below by uploading it in the WordPress admin.

For up-to-the-minute builds, see the Development Builds Wiki page.