{"id":13603353,"date":"2020-10-30T20:16:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:16:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=13603353"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:16:05","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:16:05","slug":"version-5-4-4","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-5-4-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 5.4.4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On October 30, 2020, WordPress 5.4.4 was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This version was released after a bug with the previous update. Please read the following Release post for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To download WordPress 5.4.4, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress &#8211; Where to Start<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li><li> <a href=\"\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maintenance updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This maintenance release fixes an issue introduced in WordPress 5.5.2 which makes it impossible to install WordPress on a brand new website that does not have an existing database connection configuration. This release does not affect sites where a database connection is already configured, for example, via one-click installers or an existing <code>wp-config.php<\/code> file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This release was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/whyisjake\/\">@whyisjake<\/a> and the following release squad: <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">@audrasjb<\/a>, Barry, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/davidbaumwald\/\">@davidbaumwald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\">@desrosj<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/hellofromtonya\/\">@hellofromtonya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jeffpaul\/\">@jeffpaul<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/johnbillion\/\">@johnbillion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/garubi\/\">@garubi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/metalandcoffee\/\">@metalandcoffee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mukesh27\/\">@mukesh27<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/otto42\/\">@otto42<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/punitsoftac\">@punitsoftac<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">@sergeybiryukov<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/xknown\/\">@xknown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you to everyone who contributed to this release:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/xknown\/\">Alex Concha<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/davidbaumwald\/\">David Baumwald<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/whyisjake\/\">Jake Spurlock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">Jb Audras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/johnbillion\/\">John Blackbourn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\">Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/metalandcoffee\/\">metalandcoffee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mukesh27\/\">Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/garubi\/\">Stefano Garuti<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?status=closed&amp;resolution=fixed&amp;milestone=5.5.3&amp;order=priority\">browse the full list of changes on Trac<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of Files Revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wp-admin\/about.php\nwp-includes\/functions.php<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 30, 2020, WordPress 5.4.4 was released to the public. 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