{"id":16365862,"date":"2025-07-15T14:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_version&#038;p=16365862"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T14:13:18","slug":"version-4-2-39","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-4-2-39\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 4.2.39"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 15, 2025 WordPress 4.2.39 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 https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\/\"><\/a><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\"><strong>This is the final release of the WordPress 4.2 branch.<\/strong><br><strong>Security updates will no longer be provided for this version of WordPress.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release modifies the update notification within the WordPress dashboard to indicate the version of WordPress is no longer supported. See<a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/news\/2025\/06\/dropping-security-updates-for-wordpress-versions-4-1-through-4-6\/\"> announcement.<\/a><mark style=\"background-color:#fff972\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"credits\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release was led by <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">Jb Audras<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Sergey Biryukov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/johnbillion\/\">John Blackbourn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/Estela Rueda\">Estela Rueda<\/a> and the Security Team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"list-of-files-revised\">List of files revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted has-extra-small-font-size\">\/wp-includes\/certificates\/ca-bundle.crt<br>\/wp-includes\/version.php<br>\/wp-admin\/css\/common.css<br>\/wp-admin\/includes\/update.php<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15, 2025 WordPress 4.2.39 was released to the public. 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