WordPress Core Updates

We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.5.5 to 6.6.2 on Monday, 21 October 2024. This was delayed in order to allow some sites to bring their CSS up-to-date with newer block patterns, but must advance ahead of the upcoming WordPress 6.7 release.

WordPress 6.6.2 was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation.

We’ll be advancing the WordPress version “previous” tag on the platform from 6.5.3 to 6.6.1 on Monday, 19 August 2024, concluding the 30-day grace period from the release on WordPress 6.6 on 16 July 2024.

WordPress 6.6.1 was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation.

WordPress 6.6 “Dorsey” was deployed to the WP Cloud platform shortly after the core release today. Highlights and features are available in the release documentation. The “previous” pin will allow sites to roll back to WordPress 6.5.5 for the next 30 days if needed.

This security and maintenance release features 2 bug fixes on Core, 12 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 1 security fix. Because this is a security release, WordPress 6.5.2 has been deployed to the platform for the “latest” and “beta” pins. The “previous” pin has been updated to the 6.4.4 backport. n.b. There was no WP 6.5.1.

The WP Cloud platform team will deploy WordPress 6.5 to the platform either day-of or the day after the core release to ensure maximum support coverage after the deploy. We will monitor for stability and report any discovered issues back to hosts. This release was originally scheduled for 26 March 2024 but has been pushed…