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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: 5.7.7
Released 3 years ago
WordPress 5.7.7: Security and Maintenance Release WordPress 5.7.7 is a security and maintenance release that addresses several important security vulnerabilities and includes various improvements to t...
Highlights:
- Security fixes for output escaping in multiple WordPress components
- Improved bookmark query security by ensuring limits are numeric
- Enhanced GitHub Actions workflow for Slack notifications
- +1 more...
Tag: 5.8.5
Released 3 years ago
WordPress 5.8.5 is a security and maintenance release that addresses several security vulnerabilities and includes important bug fixes. This update focuses on improving output escaping in various Word...
Highlights:
- Security improvements with proper output escaping in multiple WordPress components
- Fixed pattern directory keyword handling for better pattern discoverability
- Maintained NodeJS 14.x compatibility for contributors
- +1 more...
Tag: 5.9.4
Released 3 years ago
WordPress 5.9.4 is a security and maintenance release that addresses several important security vulnerabilities and includes various improvements to the testing infrastructure. This release fixes outp...
Highlights:
- Security fixes for output escaping in core WordPress functions
- Fixed Pattern Directory API endpoint for pattern keywords
- Improved GitHub Actions configuration for WordPress development
- +1 more...
Tag: 6.0.2
Released 3 years ago
WordPress 6.0.2 is a security and maintenance release that addresses several important bugs and security vulnerabilities. This update includes fixes for template handling in the block editor, improvem...
Highlights:
- Security improvements with proper output escaping in the_meta(), bookmark queries, and plugin error messages
- Fixed theme pattern registration to allow remote patterns even when core patterns are disabled
- Resolved duplicate templates issue in the Templates and Template Parts screens
- +2 more...
Tag: 6.0.1
Released 3 years ago
WordPress 6.0.1 is a maintenance release that addresses several bugs and issues found in WordPress 6.0. This update fixes critical issues with the block editor, improves caching in term queries, resto...
Highlights:
- Fixed caching issues in the WPTermQuery class, improving performance and ensuring terms are correctly cached
- Restored utility classnames for blocks with layout attributes, allowing theme authors to assign custom CSS related to specific layout selections
- Added missing options to the REST API settings endpoint (showonfront, pageonfront, and pageforposts)
- +4 more...
Tag: 6.0.0
Released 4 years ago
WordPress 6.0 "Arturo" brings significant enhancements to the block editor experience, introducing new blocks, improved writing tools, and better design flexibility. This release focuses on empowering...
Highlights:
- Full Site Editing enhancements with more intuitive controls and style variations
- New blocks including Comments Query Loop, Author Biography, Read More, and No Results
- Improved writing experience with better text selection across multiple blocks
- +5 more...
Tag: 5.9.3
Released 4 years ago
WordPress 5.9.3 is a maintenance release that addresses several important bugs and performance issues. It optimizes editor preloading, fixes issues with block themes, improves media gallery functional...
Highlights:
- Optimized preload paths for post and site editors to improve performance
- Fixed getpostgalleries() to only return gallery content
- Added support for modern SSH public key algorithms (ssh-ed25519)
- +2 more...
Tag: 3.7.38
Released 4 years ago
WordPress 3.7.38 is a maintenance release that updates the jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3. This update ensures better security and compatibility with modern web standards. Site admin...
Highlights:
- Updated jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3
- Enhanced security through library update
- Improved compatibility with modern web standards
Tag: 3.8.38
Released 4 years ago
WordPress 3.8.38 is a minor security update that focuses on updating the jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3. This update addresses potential security vulnerabilities in the jQuery.query ...
Highlights:
- Updated jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3
- Security improvements for URL parameter handling
- Maintenance update for the WordPress 3.8 branch
Tag: 3.9.36
Released 4 years ago
WordPress 3.9.36 Update This minor maintenance release updates the jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3. This update ensures WordPress maintains compatibility with modern web standards and...
Highlights:
- Updated jQuery.query library from version 2.1.7 to 2.2.3
- Maintenance release focused on security and compatibility
- Seamless update with no breaking changes