{"id":11546,"date":"2021-11-10T18:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T18:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=11546"},"modified":"2022-11-18T22:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:49:54","slug":"wordpress-5-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/11\/wordpress-5-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.8.2 Security and Maintenance Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WordPress 5.8.2 <\/strong>is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This security and maintenance release features 2 bug<\/a> fixes in addition to 1 security<\/a> fix. Because this is a security release<\/strong>, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.2 have also been updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WordPress 5.8.2 is a small focus security and maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.9<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can download WordPress 5.8.2 by downloading from WordPress.org, or visit your Dashboard \u2192 Updates and click Update Now. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, they\u2019ve already started the update process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, browse the full list of changes<\/a> on Trac, or check out the version 5.8.2 HelpHub documentation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks and props!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The 5.8.2 release was led by Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a> and Evan Mullins<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the release squad members mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.8.2 happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAri Stathopoulos<\/a>, Bradley Taylor<\/a>, davidwebca<\/a>, Evan Mullins<\/a>, Greg Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a>, Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, Juliette Reinders Folmer<\/a>, Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, shimon246<\/a>, and Yui<\/a>.\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Props <\/em>@<\/span>circlecube<\/a> and <\/em>@<\/span>pbiron<\/a> for peer review.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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