WordPress 6.8.3 is rolling out now. It is a security release and the core team is recommending that people update their sites now.

Patchstack is now reporting 2 low severity vulnerabilities for WordPress 6.8.2. The first is a Cross-Site Scripting issue that requires the attacker to have an Author or higher privilege level to exploit. The second is a Sensitive Data Exposure issue that requires Contributor level access to exploit.

In this video Jamie Marsland gives a quick run through of what’s scheduled for WordPress 6.9.

This tutorial provides an overview of the directory and file structure for WordPress installations.

WordPress 6.8.2 included an update to the root security certificate bundle. This has now been backported to branches 4.7 to 6.7 and the updates to those versions are available now.

We have now an overview of WordPress 6.9, which is targeting December 2nd for release. There are a lot of areas where improvements are planned, some of them are for developers and others will be user facing. Simplified editing and collaborative commenting are two of the more major areas.

WordPress 6.8.2 was released with 35 core bug fixes and 15 Gutenberg fixes.

The WordPress core team announced plans for another major release in 2025. Version 6.9 was originally scheduled for next year but Matt has called for another release in 2025. It is uncertain what will be included, perhaps some projects and improvements that have already been underway? Matt mentioned in an interview that he would like to have the Admin redesign shipped this year.

WordPress 6.8.2 RC 1 is available for testing. It includes 20 fixes for core and 15 for Gutenberg.