WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release Now Available.. brand new version of WordPress is here with better security and many bug fixes. WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release is now available for the general public to test. The release is for all the previous versions of WordPress. WordPress 5.8.1 update includes total of 63 enhancements including few security fixes.. You can either download WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release or venture over to your Dashboard > Updates click. we suggest you update your site ASAP to avoid possible fatal errors.. The Lodash library updated to version 4.17.21 in each branch to incorporate security fixes... According to the official announcement post, WordPress 5.8.1 is short-cycle release and the major release is going to be WordPress 5.9 December.. Jonathan Descrosiers and Evan Mullins were Lead for WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release..
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