This release features three security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. <\/strong>This minor release also includes 3 bug fixes<\/a> in Core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can download WordPress 6.5.5 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 6.5.5 is a short-cycle release. The next major release will be version 6.6 which is scheduled for July 16, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For more information on WordPress 6.5.5, 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<\/a>, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This release was led by Aaron Jorbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 6.5.5 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 Aaron Jorbin<\/a>, Alex Concha<\/a>, Andrew Ozz<\/a>, bernhard-reiter<\/a>, Colin Stewart<\/a>, David Baumwald<\/a>, Dennis Snell<\/a>, Grant M. Kinney<\/a>, Greg Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a>, Jb Audras<\/a>, Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, Matias Ventura<\/a>, Miguel Fonseca<\/a>, Peter Wilson<\/a>, Rajin Sharwar<\/a>, Scott Reilly<\/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> Slack channel. Need help? Check out the Core Contributor Handbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Already testing WordPress 6.6? The fourth beta is now available (zip<\/a>) and it contains these security fixes. For more on 6.6, see the beta 3 announcement post<\/a>. Learn more about testing WordPress 6.6 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Props to Paul Kevan<\/a>, Ehtisham Siddiqui<\/a>, Alex Concha<\/a>, Tonya Mork<\/a>, and Angela Jin<\/a> for reviewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 6.5.5 is now available! This release features three security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. This minor release also includes 3 bug fixes in Core. You can download WordPress 6.5.5 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click \u201cUpdates\u201d, and then click \u201cUpdate Now\u201d. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2738372,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[184],"class_list":["post-17426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-releases","category-security","tag-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pZhYe-4x4","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2738372"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17426"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17435,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17426\/revisions\/17435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Security updates included in this release<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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