{"id":16365637,"date":"2025-04-30T17:17:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_version&#038;p=16365637"},"modified":"2025-04-30T17:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:22:56","slug":"version-6-8-1","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-6-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 6.8.1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 30, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2025\/04\/wordpress-6-8-1-maintenance-release\/\">WordPress 6.8.1<\/a> was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installation-update-information\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>.<br>For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress \u2013 Where to Start<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release was led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jorbin\/\">Aaron Jorbin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This minor release includes fixes for 15 bugs <a href=\"https:\/\/core.trac.wordpress.org\/query?resolution=fixed&amp;milestone=6.8.1&amp;group=component&amp;col=id&amp;col=summary&amp;col=milestone&amp;col=owner&amp;col=type&amp;col=status&amp;col=priority&amp;order=priority\">throughout Core<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WordPress\/wordpress-develop\/pull\/8752\">the Block Editor<\/a> addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, multisite, and REST API. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/core\/2025\/04\/28\/wordpress-6-8-1-rc1-is-now-available\/\">release candidate announcement.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"change-log\">Change log<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"list-of-files-revised\">List of files revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-extra-small-font-size\">wp-admin\/about.php<br>wp-admin\/includes\/class-wp-upgrader.php<br>wp-admin\/js\/common.js<br>wp-admin\/js\/common.min.js<br>wp-admin\/js\/editor.js<br>wp-admin\/js\/editor.min.js<br>wp-includes\/admin-bar.php<br>wp-includes\/assets\/script-loader-packages.min.php<br>wp-includes\/assets\/script-loader-packages.php<br>wp-includes\/blocks\/post-author-name.php<br>wp-includes\/blocks\/post-author.php<br>wp-includes\/blocks.php<br>wp-includes\/class-wp-editor.php<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/edit-post\/style-rtl.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/edit-post\/style-rtl.min.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/edit-post\/style.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/edit-post\/style.min.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/editor\/style-rtl.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/editor\/style-rtl.min.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/editor\/style.css<br>wp-includes\/css\/dist\/editor\/style.min.css<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/block-editor.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/block-editor.min.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/components.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/components.min.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/edit-post.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/edit-post.min.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/editor.js<br>wp-includes\/js\/dist\/editor.min.js<br>wp-includes\/ms-files.php<br>wp-includes\/rest-api\/endpoints\/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php<br>wp-includes\/rest-api\/endpoints\/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php<br>wp-includes\/script-loader.php<br>wp-includes\/version.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of packages revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-extra-small-font-size\">@wordpress\/block-directory - 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