WordPress 6.8.2 is now available!
This minor release addresses 20 Core tickets and 15 Block Editor issues. For a complete list of bug fixes, please check the release candidate announcement.
WordPress 6.8.2 is a short-cycle maintenance release. Additional maintenance releases may be issued throughout 2025.
If your sites support automatic background updates, the update process will start automatically.
You can download WordPress 6.8.2 from WordPress.org, or go to your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. For further details on this release, please visit the HelpHub version page.
Dropping security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6
This is not directly related to the 6.8.2 maintenance release, but branches 4.1 to 4.6 had their final release today. These branches will no longer receive security updates.
Thank you to these WordPress contributors
WordPress 6.8.2 was led by Jb Audras, Estela Rueda, and Zunaid Amin.
Special thanks to @davidbaumwald, @sergeybiryukov, @mamaduka, @wildworks, and @jorbin for their assistance on specific release tasks.
WordPress 6.8.2 would not have been possible without the contributions of the following 96 individuals. Their coordinated efforts to deliver maintenance fixes into a stable release demonstrate the strength and capability of the WordPress community.
Aaron Jorbin, Adam Silverstein, Adam Zieliński, Aki Hamano, Alex Stine, Anatol Broder, Andrea Fercia, Andrew Nacin,
