On December 6, 2023, WordPress 6.4.2 was released to the public.
Installation/Update Information
To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://www.ads-software.com/download/release-archive/.
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
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- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
Summary
Maintenance & Security updates
WordPress 6.4.2 fixes 7 Big fixes
- #59819 – Change CSS align-item from start / end to flex-start / flex-end for full browser support
- #59821 – Irrelevant comment for translators
- #59847 – Since WordPress 6.4, the functions.php of a theme moved to a different location using register_theme_directory is no longer called
- #59869 – Incorrect reference in docblock for _register_theme_block_patterns
- #59882 – Expose serialized template content to callbacks registered to the `hooked_block_types` filter.
- #59891 – Incorrect example for WP_HTML_Tag_Processor class
- #59935 – Site editor: logo
The security team addressed the following vulnerability in WordPress 6.4.2
- A Remote Code Execution vulnerability that is not directly exploitable in core; however, the security team feels that there is a potential for high severity when combined with some plugins, especially in multisite installations.
The 6.4.2 release was led by?@jorbin.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to WordPress 6.4.2
Aaron Jorbin, Aki Hamano, Akira Tachibana, Alex Concha, Angela Jin, Anton Vlasenko, Barry, bernhard-reiter, Caleb Burks, Corey Worrell, crstauf, Darren Ethier (nerrad), David Baumwald, Dennis Snell, Dion Hulse, Erik, Fabian Todt, Felix Arntz, Héctor Prieto, ironprogrammer, Isabel Brison, Jb Audras, Jeffrey Paul, Jessica Lyschik, Joe McGill, John Blackbourn, Jonathan Desrosiers, Kharis Sulistiyono, Krupal Panchal, Kylen Downs, meta4, Mike Schroder, Mukesh Panchal, partyfrikadelle, Peter Wilson, Pieterjan Deneys, rawrly, rebasaurus, Sergey Biryukov, Tonya Mork, vortfu
For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac.
Change log
List of files revised
./readme.html ./wp-admin/css/about-rtl.min.css ./wp-admin/css/about.css ./wp-admin/css/about-rtl.css ./wp-admin/css/about.min.css ./wp-admin/includes/update-core.php ./wp-admin/about.php ./wp-includes/theme.php ./wp-includes/ms-blogs.php ./wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-token.php ./wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php ./wp-includes/version.php ./wp-includes/block-template-utils.php ./wp-includes/block-patterns.php ./wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php