On September 1, 2020, WordPress 5.5.1 was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To download WordPress 5.5.1, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit WordPress releases archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 5.5.1 features\u00a034 bug fixes and 4 enhancements<\/a>, as well as\u00a05 bug fixes<\/a>\u00a0for the\u00a0block\u00a0editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress Core changes on Trac:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Block editor changes from GitHub:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 5.5.1 release was led by @audrasjb, @azhiyadev, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @johnbillion, @planningwrite, @sergeybiryukov and @whyisjake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.5.1 happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Amit Dudhat<\/a>, Andrea Fercia<\/a>, Andrey “Rarst” Savchenko<\/a>, Andy Fragen<\/a>, Angel Hess<\/a>, avixansa<\/a>, bobbingwide<\/a>, Brian Hogg<\/a>, chunkysteveo<\/a>, Clayton Collie<\/a>, David Baumwald<\/a>, David Herrera<\/a>, dd32<\/a>, demetris<\/a>, Dominik Schilling<\/a>, dushakov<\/a>, Earle Davies<\/a>, Enrique S\u00e1nchez<\/a>, Frankie Jarrett<\/a>, fullofcaffeine<\/a>, Garrett Hyder<\/a>, Gary Jones<\/a>, gchtr<\/a>, Herre Groen<\/a>, Howdy_McGee<\/a>, Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)<\/a>, Jb Audras<\/a>, Jeremy Felt<\/a>, Jeroen Rotty<\/a>, Joen A.<\/a>, Johanna de Vos<\/a>, John Blackbourn<\/a>, John James Jacoby<\/a>, Jonathan Bossenger<\/a>, Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, Jonathan Stegall<\/a>, Joost de Valk<\/a>, Jorge Costa<\/a>, Justin Ahinon<\/a>, Kalpesh Akabari<\/a>, Kevin Hagerty<\/a>, Knut Sparhell<\/a>, Kyle B. Johnson<\/a>, landau<\/a>, Laxman Prajapati<\/a>, Lester Chan<\/a>, mailnew2ster<\/a>, Marius L. J.<\/a>, Mark Jaquith<\/a>, Mark Uraine<\/a>, Matt Gibson<\/a>, Michael Beckwith<\/a>, Mikey Arce<\/a>, Mohammad Jangda<\/a>, Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, Nabil Moqbel<\/a>, net<\/a>, oakesjosh<\/a>, O Andr\u00e9<\/a>, Omar Reiss<\/a>, Ov3rfly<\/a>, Paddy<\/a>, Pascal Casier<\/a>, Paul Biron<\/a>, Peter Wilson<\/a>, rajeshsingh520<\/a>, Rami Yushuvaev<\/a>, rebasaurus<\/a>, riaanlom<\/a>, Riad Benguella<\/a>, Rodrigo Arias<\/a>, rtagliento<\/a>, salvoaranzulla<\/a>, Sanjeev Aryal<\/a>, sarahricker<\/a>, Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, Stephen Bernhardt<\/a>, Steven Stern (sterndata)<\/a>, Thomas M<\/a>, Timothy Jacobs<\/a>, TobiasBg<\/a>, tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner)<\/a>, TwentyZeroTwo<\/a>, wittich<\/a>, and Yoav Farhi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSummary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Maintenance updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
#reply-title.comment-reply-title<\/code> not updating when replying to an individual<\/li>site_status_tests<\/code> filter<\/li>WP_AUTO_UPDATE_CORE<\/code> value as an error<\/li>jquery<\/code> handle back to an alias for jquery-core<\/code><\/li>upload_max_size<\/code> is lower than max_post_size<\/code><\/li>wp_get_environment_type()<\/code><\/li>fclose()<\/code><\/li>get_the_archive_title()<\/code> filter<\/li>register_rest_route<\/code> docblock to reflect additions since 5.5<\/li>WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE<\/code><\/li>loading attribute in wp_get_attachment_image<\/code> function<\/li>wp_terms_checklist<\/code> not checking selected taxonomy items with selected_cats<\/code> option<\/li>get_the_date()<\/code> checks $format<\/code> only for empty variable and fails on false<\/code> boolean<\/li>Theme_Installer_skin::do_overwrite<\/code> does not work on a Windows server<\/li>#reply-title.comment-reply-title<\/code> not updating when replying to an individual<\/li>commonL10n<\/code> and other JS globals removed without backwards compatibility<\/li>auto_update_{$type}<\/code> filter<\/li>get_page_templates()<\/code> in Customizer<\/li>Notes for developers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n