{"id":15055409,"date":"2021-11-10T18:14:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T18:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=15055409"},"modified":"2021-11-10T18:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T18:14:09","slug":"version-5-8-2","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-5-8-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 5.8.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On November 10, 2021, WordPress 5.8.2 was <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/11\/wordpress-5-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release\/\">released<\/a> to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installation-update-information\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get this version, 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:<\/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:<\/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\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"maintenance-and-security-updates\">Maintenance and Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress 5.8.2 features 1 security update and fixed 2 bugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"thanks-and-props\">Thanks and props!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The 5.8.2 release was led by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\">Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/circlecube\/\">Evan Mullins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the security researchers and release squad members mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.8.2 happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/aristath\/\">Ari Stathopoulos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/bradleyt\/\">Bradley Taylor<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/davidwebca\/\">davidwebca<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/circlecube\/\">Evan Mullins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/gziolo\/\">Greg Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/desrosj\/\">Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jrf\/\">Juliette Reinders Folmer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/mukesh27\/\">Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/shimon246\/\">shimon246<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/fierevere\/\">Yui<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"list-of-files-revised\">List of Files Revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">wp-admin\/includes\/ajax-actions.php\nwp-admin\/about.php\nwp-includes\/certificates\/ca-bundle.crt\nwp-includes\/script-loader.php\nwp-includes\/version.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 10, 2021, WordPress 5.8.2 was released to the public. 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