{"id":34269,"date":"2021-10-13T15:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=34269"},"modified":"2021-10-17T04:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T04:43:20","slug":"wordpress-latest-version","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/article\/wordpress-latest-version\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Latest Version: 5.8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-1024x390.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-34389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-1024x390.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-768x293.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-50x19.png 50w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-1536x585.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-2048x780.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-60x23.png 60w, https:\/\/www.hostduplex.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/wp581-1-100x38.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-ht-blocks-messages wp-block-hb-message wp-block-hb-message--withicon is-style-info\">As of May 01, 2026. The latest version of WordPress is 5.8.1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 8, 2021, WordPress 5.8.1 was released to the public. It fixes security issues that were affecting versions between 5.4 and 5.8. We recommend updating to the latest version as soon as possible to reduce your website\u2019s vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes with three major security fixes, as well as 41 bug fixes on Core and 20 bug fixes for the Block Editor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can automatically update from the updates menu on your dashboard, or visit the WordPress release archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You can always download the latest version of WordPress here:<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.tar.gz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/latest.tar.gz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Data exposure vulnerability within the REST API.<\/li><li>XSS vulnerability in the block editor.<\/li><li>The Lodash library has been updated to version 4.17.21 in each branch to incorporate upstream security fixes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Maintenance 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