On October 17, 2022, WordPress 3.8.40 was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/.<\/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
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities, and allowing them to be fixed in this release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This release was led by Alex Concha (@xknown<\/a>), Peter Wilson (@peterwilsoncc<\/a>), Jb Audras (@audrasjb<\/a>), and Sergey Biryukov (@SergeyBiryukov<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n The release would not have been possible without the contributions of the following people. Their asynchronous coordination to deliver several fixes into a stable release is a testament to the power and capability of the WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n @audrasjb<\/a>, @costdev<\/a>, @cu121<\/a>, @dd32<\/a>, @davidbaumwald<\/a>, @ehtis<\/a>, @johnbillion<\/a>, @johnjamesjacoby<\/a>, @martinkrcho<\/a>, @matveb<\/a>, @oztaser<\/a>, @paulkevan<\/a>, @peterwilsoncc<\/a>,@ravipatel<\/a>, @SergeyBiryukov<\/a>, @talldanwp<\/a>, @timothyblynjacobs<\/a>, @tykoted<\/a>, @voldemortensen<\/a>, @vortfu<\/a>, and @xknown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On October 17, 2022, WordPress 3.8.40 was released to the public. Installation\/Update information To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/. For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress: If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","helphub_major_release":[58],"class_list":["post-16246238","helphub_version","type-helphub_version","status-publish","hentry","helphub_major_release-3_8"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16246238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helphub_version"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16246238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16246238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helphub_major_release","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helphub_major_release?post=16246238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}List of update packages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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