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WordPressWorld's most popular open-source content management system powering over 40% of all websites. Offers extensive plugin ecosystem, themes, and robust community support for blogs, e-commerce, and corporate websites. Highly customizable and scalable platform suitable for beginners and advanced developers.
Tag: 6.8.2
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 6.8.2 is a maintenance release that addresses several bugs, improves performance, and enhances security. Key updates include Emoji 16 support via Twemoji 16.0.1, improved mobile layout for r...
Highlights:
- Updated Twemoji to version 16.0.1 with support for new emoji characters
- Improved mobile layout for the revisions screen
- Enhanced file name handling in media uploads, particularly for special space characters
- +3 more...
Tag: 4.6.30
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.6.30 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates, improves build and test tools, and adds an end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.6. T...
Highlights:
- Updated Root Certificate bundle to the latest version from Mozilla
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.6
- Improved build and test tools with reusable workflows
- +2 more...
Tag: 4.3.35
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.3.35 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates to ensure secure connections on hosts with outdated SSL configurations. It also includes imp...
Highlights:
- Updated bundled Root Certificates to improve SSL/TLS security
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.3
- Improved build and test tools for better development environment compatibility
- +1 more...
Tag: 4.5.33
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.5.33 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates to ensure secure connections, adds an end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.5, and inc...
Highlights:
- Updated Root Certificate bundle to maintain secure connections
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.5
- Updated composer/ca-bundle to version 1.5.7
- +1 more...
Tag: 4.2.39
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.2.39 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates to ensure secure connections on hosts with outdated SSL configurations. It also includes imp...
Highlights:
- Updated bundled Root Certificate bundle to the latest version from Mozilla
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.2
- Migrated to Docker Compose V2 for improved development environment compatibility
- +1 more...
Tag: 4.4.34
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.4.34 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates, improves build and test tools, and adds an end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.4. T...
Highlights:
- Updated Root Certificate bundle to improve SSL certificate verification
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.4
- Improved build and test tools for the 4.4 branch
- +1 more...
Tag: 4.1.42
Released 19 days ago
WordPress 4.1.42 is primarily a security and maintenance release that updates the bundled Root Certificates to ensure secure connections on hosts with outdated SSL configurations. It also includes imp...
Highlights:
- Updated bundled Root Certificates to maintain secure connections on hosts with outdated SSL configurations
- Added end-of-support notification for WordPress 4.1 branch
- Improved build and test tools for development environments
- +1 more...
Tag: 6.8.1
Released 3 months ago
WordPress 6.8.1 is a maintenance release that fixes several critical bugs affecting multisite installations, filesystem operations, block hooks, REST API behavior, and more. This update restores expec...
Highlights:
- Fixed fatal error in multisite installations when using legacy file rewrites with SHORTINIT
- Restored proper filesystem credential handling during upgrades
- Fixed REST API behavior to ignore sticky posts by default (restoring pre-6.8 behavior)
- +3 more...
Tag: 6.8.0
Released 3 months ago
WordPress 6.8 introduces significant performance improvements with the new Speculation Rules API for faster page loading, enhanced block editor capabilities, and important security updates. This relea...
Highlights:
- Speculative Loading: New Speculation Rules API for preloading pages before users click links
- Block Hooks Improvements: Better handling of block hooks with parent blocks and post content
- Media Enhancements: Full-size PNG image generation and support for URLs without extensions
- +3 more...
Tag: 6.7.2
Released 5 months ago
WordPress 6.7.2 is a maintenance release that addresses several important bugs affecting the editor, HTML API, customizer, and block functionality. This update fixes issues with category selection in ...
Highlights:
- Fixed category selection issues in the classic editor
- Resolved white screen problems when editing posts due to React/React-DOM caching
- Improved HTML API tag processing with case-insensitive matching
- +4 more...