{"id":9574,"date":"2021-02-03T21:30:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T21:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/?p=9574"},"modified":"2022-11-18T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T22:49:55","slug":"wordpress-5-6-1-maintenance-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2021\/02\/wordpress-5-6-1-maintenance-release\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 5.6.1 Maintenance Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
WordPress 5.6.1 is now available!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This maintenance release features 20 bug fixes<\/a> as well as 7 issues fixed for the block editor. These bugs affect WordPress version 5.6, so you\u2019ll want to upgrade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can download WordPress 5.6.1 directly<\/a>, or visit the Dashboard \u2192 Updates<\/strong> screen and click Update Now<\/strong>. If your sites support automatic background updates, they\u2019ve already started the update process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WordPress 5.6.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next major release will be version 5.7<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To see a full list of changes, you can browse the list on Trac<\/a>, read the 5.6.1 RC1<\/a> post, or visit the 5.6.1 documentation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 5.6.1 release was led by @<\/span>audrasjb<\/a>, @<\/span>desrosj<\/a>, @<\/span>sergeybiryukov<\/a> and @<\/span>whyisjake<\/a>. Thanks to @<\/span>metalandcoffee<\/a> and @<\/span>hellofromtonya<\/a> for running bug scrubs, @<\/span>planningwrite<\/a> and @<\/span>davidbaumwald<\/a> for their help on the release post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Props to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.6.1 happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n aaribaud<\/a>, Aaron D. Campbell<\/a>, Ahmed Saeed<\/a>, Andrew Ozz<\/a>, Anthony Burchell<\/a>, archon810<\/a>, Ari Stathopoulos<\/a>, Ayesh Karunaratne<\/a>, basscan<\/a>, carloscastilloadhoc<\/a>, Carolina Nymark<\/a>, celendesign<\/a>, Christopher Finke<\/a>, Copons<\/a>, Dan Farrow<\/a>, Daniel Richards<\/a>, david.binda<\/a>, Denis Yanchevskiy<\/a>, Dilip Bheda<\/a>, Dominik Schilling<\/a>, Ebonie Butler<\/a>, Felix Arntz<\/a>, Florian TIAR<\/a>, Garrett Hyder<\/a>, gKibria<\/a>, Greg Zi\u00f3\u0142kowski<\/a>, Helen Hou-Sandi<\/a>, Ian Dunn<\/a>, ifnoob<\/a>, Isabel Brison<\/a>, Ismail El Korchi<\/a>, Jake Spurlock<\/a>, James Huff<\/a>, Jason LeMahieu (MadtownLems)<\/a>, Jb Audras<\/a>, John Blackbourn<\/a>, Jonathan Desrosiers<\/a>, Jonathan Stegall<\/a>, Jorge Costa<\/a>, Josepha<\/a>, Justin Ahinon<\/a>, Kai Hao<\/a>, Kelly Choyce-Dwan<\/a>, Kjell Reigstad<\/a>, Konstantinos Xenos<\/a>, litemotiv<\/a>, lucasbustamante<\/a>, Mahdi Akrami<\/a>, majhajob<\/a>, Manzur Ahammed<\/a>, Marius L. J.<\/a>, Matt Wiebe<\/a>, Maxime Pertici<\/a>, Mel Choyce-Dwan<\/a>, Michael Babker<\/a>, Mukesh Panchal<\/a>, NicolasKulka<\/a>, Nik Tsekouras<\/a>, oakesjosh<\/a>, Peter Wilson<\/a>, Prem Tiwari<\/a>, Riad Benguella<\/a>, Richard Tape<\/a>, Robert Anderson<\/a>, Rodrigo Primo<\/a>, SeBsZ<\/a>, Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, Slava Abakumov<\/a>, Stephen Bernhardt<\/a>, t-p<\/a>, Takashi Kitajima<\/a>, Tanvirul Haque<\/a>, thorlentz<\/a>, Timothy Jacobs<\/a>, Toni Viemer\u00f6<\/a>, Tony A<\/a>, Tonya Mork<\/a>, transl8or<\/a>, and Vlad T<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WordPress 5.6.1 is now available! This maintenance release features 20 bug fixes as well as 7 issues fixed for the block editor. These bugs affect WordPress version 5.6, so you\u2019ll want to upgrade. You can download WordPress 5.6.1 directly, or visit the Dashboard \u2192 Updates screen and click Update Now. If your sites support automatic background updates, they\u2019ve already started the update process. 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