WordPress 6.8.1 Update Release

WordPress 6.8.1 Released!

This minor update addresses 15 bugs across Core and the Block Editor, resolving issues in the block editor, multisite, and REST API. For a detailed list of fixes, see the release candidate announcement.

WordPress 6.8.1 is a short-cycle maintenance update. More updates will be released throughout 2025.

If your sites support automatic background updates, they will update automatically.

You can download WordPress 6.8.1 from WordPress.org, or go to your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. For more details on this release, please visit the HelpHub site.

Acknowledgments to WordPress Contributors

This release was led by Aaron Jorbin.

WordPress 6.8.1 was made possible by the contributions of the following individuals. Their coordination to implement maintenance fixes into a stable release highlights the strength and capability of the WordPress community.

Aaron Jorbin, Adam Silverstein, Aki Hamano, Ankit Panchal, bernhard-reiter, Carolina Nymark, Code Amp, Daniel Richards, David Baumwald, David Levine, Dilip Bheda, Dion Hulse, dsawyers, eduwass, Erick Hitter, Estela Rueda, Fabian Kägy, George Mamadashvili, Greg Ziółkowski, H. Kabir, hideishi, Himanshu Pathak, jarekmorawski, Jb Audras, Jeffrey Paul, Jeffro, Jeremy Felt,