Title: Version 5.0.3 Author: Jb Audras Published: January 9, 2019 --- # Version 5.0.3 ## In this article * [Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#installation-update-information) * [Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#summary) - [Core Tickets by Component](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#core-tickets-by-component) - [Block Editor Fixes](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#block-editor-fixes) * [List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised) [ Back to top](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target) On January 9, 2019, WordPress 5.0.3 was released to the public. ## 󠀁[Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#installation-update-information)󠁿 To download WordPress 5.0.3, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit the [archive](https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/). For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress: * [Updating WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/updating-wordpress/) If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following: * [New To WordPress – Where to Start](https://wordpress.org/support/article/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start/?output_format=md) * [First Steps With WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/article/first-steps-with-wordpress/?output_format=md) or [Upgrading WordPress Extended](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions/) * [WordPress Lessons](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-lessons/?output_format=md) ## 󠀁[Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#summary)󠁿 From the [WordPress 5.0.3 release post](https://wordpress.org/news/?p=6530), this maintenance release contains 37 bug fixes and 7 performance improvements for the block editor. For a full list of changes, please consult the [list of tickets on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/query?status=closed&milestone=5.0.3&group=component) or the [changelog](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftags%2F5.0.2&old=&new_path=%2Ftags%2F5.0.3&new=&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=). ### 󠀁[Core Tickets by Component](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#core-tickets-by-component)󠁿 **Component: Bundled Theme (15)** * [#45541](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45541) – Bundled Themes: Button blocks not respecting settings * [#45679](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45679) – Bundled Themes: Bump script and style version numbers * [#45792](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45792) – Bundled Themes: Bump version numbers and update changelogs for 5.0.3 release * [#45510](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45510) – Twenty Nineteen: Link are triggered on touchstart instead of touchend * [#45689](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45689) – Twenty Nineteen: Incorrect opacity and text shadow on submenus when there’s a featured image. * [#45693](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45693) – Twenty Nineteen: Update theme description and tags * [#45713](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45713) – Twenty Nineteen: Improve menu semantics and keyboard navigation. * [#45715](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45715) – Twenty Nineteen: Remove underline from the arrow that follows “Continue reading” links * [#45716](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45716) – Twenty Nineteen: Push right-aligned images outside of the text column on the front end * [#45726](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45726) – Twenty Nineteen: By default, the hover on outlined buttons is white text on a white background * [#44883](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44883) – Twenty Seventeen: Use simple counter rather than uniqid() for generating unique IDs for HTML elements * [#45426](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45426) – Twenty Seventeen: Missing colours from blocks.css for editor colour palette * [#45732](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45732) – Twenty Fourteen Button block link displayed with underscore * [#44664](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44664) – Twenty Fourteen: Video play icon alignment * [#45794](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45794) – px/rem order reversed in Twenty Twelve blocks.css **Component: Customize (2)** * [#44770](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44770) – Customize: `option_{ $option}` filter applied with a missing parameter * [#44809](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44809) – Safeguard `has_errors()` check in extra Customizer validation **Component: Editor (5)** * [#43253](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43253) – Insert Link Dialog captures shift+arrow and changes selected item rather than highlighting text * [#44919](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/44919) – Tooltip for the ‘edit’ button in the Classic Editor has unnecessary suffix * [#45788](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45788) – Not translated: “add media” in block classic in WP 5.0.2 * [#45814](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45814) – Update the WordPress packages for 5.0.3 * [#45453](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45453) – Block Editor: Add a Message if JavaScript is disabled **Component: I18N (2)** * [#45441](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45441) – wp_set_script_translations() does not support text domains other than “messages” * [#45769](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45769) – Expose JSON translation file paths **Component: Script Loader (1)** * [#45535](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45535) – Unminified react and react-dom **Component: Upload (1)** * [#45615](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45615) – CSV Mime Type fails upload ### 󠀁[Block Editor Fixes](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#block-editor-fixes)󠁿 All these fixes are grouped in [#45814](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/45814). **Performance (7)** * Optimizing the addHook function * Optimizing the viewport state initialization. * Splitting the state tree for more performant selectors. * Partial application of runSelector. * Optimize selector calls. * Avoid rendering DropZone children if not necessary. * Avoid initializing variables if not necessary. **Bug Fixes (11)** * Fix RTL support for the DatePicker component. * Change the header level in the BlockCompare component. * Show all the taxonomies in the sidebar. * Fix the latest posts date className. * Fix the “align center” button in Latest Posts block in the backend. * Fix block height when DropCap is used. * Fix converting caption shortcode with link. * Fix edge case in addQueryArgs function. * Don’t return the permalink if the CPT is not publicly viewable. * Fix error when saving non public CPTs. * Properly disable the Publish button when saving is disabled. **Core (1)** * Code style fixes and expand the phpcs coverage. **Updated packages** ```notranslate wordpress/annotations@1.0.5 wordpress/api-fetch@2.2.7 wordpress/block-library@2.2.12 wordpress/block-serialization-default-parser@2.0.3 wordpress/blocks@6.0.5 wordpress/components@7.0.5 wordpress/core-data@2.0.16 wordpress/data@4.2.0 wordpress/deprecated@2.0.4 wordpress/dom@2.0.8 wordpress/edit-post@3.1.7 wordpress/editor@9.0.7 wordpress/format-library@1.2.10 wordpress/hooks@2.0.4 wordpress/list-reusable-blocks@1.1.18 wordpress/notices@1.1.2 wordpress/nux@3.0.6 wordpress/plugins@2.0.10 wordpress/rich-text@3.0.4 wordpress/url@2.3.3 wordpress/viewport@2.1.0 ``` ## 󠀁[List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-5-0-3/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)󠁿 ```wp-block-code license.txt wp-admin/about.php wp-admin/css/common.css wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php wp-admin/post.php wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/languages/twentyeleven.pot wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/css/editor-style.css wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/customizer.php wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/template-functions.php wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/js/touch-keyboard-navigation.js wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/blocks/_blocks.scss wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/navigation/_menu-main-navigation.scss wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/site/header/_site-featured-image.scss wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/site/primary/_posts-and-pages.scss wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-rtl.css wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.scss wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/template-parts/header/site-branding.php wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/README.txt wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/inc/icon-functions.php wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/searchform.php wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/css/blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/css/editor-blocks.css wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/functions.php wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css wp-includes/class-wp-block-parser.php wp-includes/class-wp-customize-manager.php wp-includes/class-wp-customize-widgets.php wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php wp-includes/class.wp-scripts.php wp-includes/functions.php wp-includes/js/wplink.js wp-includes/l10n.php wp-includes/script-loader.php wp-includes/version.php ``` First published January 9, 2019 Last updated