{"id":16367123,"date":"2026-03-10T23:06:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_version&#038;p=16367123"},"modified":"2026-03-12T13:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:04:04","slug":"version-6-9-3","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-6-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 6.9.3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On March 10, 2026, WordPress 6.9.3 was released to the public as a fast follow to <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-6-9-2\/\">the 6.9.2 security release<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"installation-update-information\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">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>.<\/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\/\">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\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release features a bugfix for some themes that use an unusual &#8220;stringable object&#8221; mechanism when loading template file paths that broke in <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-6-9-2\/\">the 6.9.2 security release<\/a>. Although this is is not an officially supported approach to loading template files in WordPress (the\u00a0<code>template_include<\/code>\u00a0filter only accepts a string), it nevertheless caused some sites to break so the team have decided to address this in a fast follow 6.9.3 release. Users using affected themes should update to 6.9.3 to restore the front end of their site to an operational state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a reminder, the earlier 6.9.2 version was a security release, and <strong>only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many thanks to those who reported the issue, assisted in narrowing down the problem, and helped with the fix, in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/josklever\/\">Jos Klever<\/a> who assisted throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"changelog\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change log<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"list-of-files-revised\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of files revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/wp-includes\/class-wp-block-patterns-registry.php<br>\/wp-includes\/template-loader.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of packages revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No package was revised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 10, 2026, WordPress 6.9.3 was released to the public as a fast follow to the 6.9.2 security release. 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