{"id":16754,"date":"2024-01-30T21:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T21:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=16754"},"modified":"2024-01-30T21:22:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T21:22:57","slug":"wordpress-6-4-3-maintenance-and-security-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2024\/01\/wordpress-6-4-3-maintenance-and-security-release\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 6.4.3 \u2013 Maintenance and Security release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
This security and maintenance release features 5 bug fixes on Core<\/a>, 16 bug fixes for the Block Editor<\/a>, and 2 security fixes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.<\/strong> Backports are also available for other major WordPress releases, 4.1 and later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can download WordPress 6.4.3 from WordPress.org<\/a>, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click \u201cUpdates\u201d, and then click \u201cUpdate Now\u201d. If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 6.4.3 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 6.5<\/a> planned for 26 March 2024. You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement<\/a>. For further information on this release, please visit the HelpHub site<\/a>.<\/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 Sarah Norris<\/a>, Joe McGill<\/a>, and Aaron Jorbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 6.4.3 would not have been possible without the contributions of the following people. Their asynchronous coordination to deliver maintenance and security fixes into a stable release is a testament to the power and capability of the WordPress community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aki Hamano<\/a>, Alex Concha<\/a>, Alex Lende<\/a>, Alex Stine<\/a>, Andrea Fercia<\/a>, Andrei Draganescu<\/a>, Andrew Ozz<\/a>, Andrew Serong<\/a>, Andy Fragen<\/a>, Ari Stathopoulos<\/a>, Artemio Morales<\/a>, ben<\/a>, bobbingwide<\/a>, Carlos Bravo<\/a>, Carolina Nymark<\/a>, \u010ceslav Przywara<\/a>, Colin Stewart<\/a>, Daniel K\u00e4fer<\/a>, Daniel Richards<\/a>, Dominik Schilling<\/a>, Ella<\/a>, Erik<\/a>, George Mamadashvili<\/a>, Greg Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a>, Isabel Brison<\/a>, Joen A.<\/a>, John Blackbourn<\/a>, Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, joppuyo<\/a>, Lax Mariappan<\/a>, luisherranz<\/a>, Markus<\/a>, Michal Czaplinski<\/a>, Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, Nik Tsekouras<\/a>, Niluthpal Purkayastha<\/a>, Noah Allen<\/a>, Pascal Birchler<\/a>, Peter Wilson<\/a>, ramonopoly<\/a>, Riad Benguella<\/a>, Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, Stephen Bernhardt<\/a>, Teddy Patriarca<\/a>, Tonya Mork<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n To get involved in WordPress core development, head over to Trac, pick a ticket<\/a>, and join the conversation in the #core<\/a> and #6-5-release-leads channels<\/a>. Need help? Check out the Core Contributor Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a final reminder, The WordPress Security Team will never email you requesting that you install a plugin or theme on your site, and will never ask for an administrator username and password. Please stay vigilant against phishing attacks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thanks to Angela Jin<\/a>, Ehtisham S.<\/a>, Jb Audras,<\/a> and Marius L. J.<\/a> for proofreading.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This security and maintenance release features 5 bug fixes on Core, 16 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 2 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. Backports are also available for other major WordPress releases, 4.1 and later. 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Thank you to these WordPress contributors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How to contribute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n