Title: Version 3.7.1
Published: May 19, 2019

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# Version 3.7.1

## In this article

 * [Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#installation-update-information)
 * [Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#summary)
 * [List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)

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On October 29, 2013, WordPress 3.7.1 was released to the public. This is a maintenance
update for WordPress 3.7.

## 󠀁[Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#installation-update-information)󠁿

To download WordPress 3.7.1, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu
in your site’s admin area or visit [https://wordpress.org/download/release-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/documentation/article/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start/)
 * [First Steps With WordPress](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/first-steps-with-wordpress/)
   or [Upgrading WordPress Extended](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions/)
 * [WordPress Lessons](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/wordpress-lessons/)

## 󠀁[Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#summary)󠁿

From the [announcement post](https://wordpress.org/news/2013/10/wordpress-3-7-1/),
this maintenance release addresses 11 bugs with version 3.7, including:

 * Images with captions no longer appear broken in the visual editor.
 * Allow some sites running on old or poorly configured servers to continue to check
   for updates from WordPress.org.
 * Avoid fatal errors with certain plugins that were incorrectly calling some WordPress
   functions too early.
 * Fix hierarchical sorting in get_pages(), exclusions in wp_list_categories(), 
   and in_category() when called with empty values.
 * Fix a warning that may occur in certain setups while performing a search, and
   a few other notices.

## 󠀁[List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-7-1/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)󠁿

    ```wp-block-preformatted
    wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
    wp-admin/includes/theme.php
    wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
    wp-admin/includes/update.php
    wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
    wp-admin/credits.php
    wp-admin/update-core.php
    wp-admin/about.php
    wp-admin/freedoms.php
    wp-includes/default-constants.php
    wp-includes/option.php
    wp-includes/taxonomy.php
    wp-includes/post.php
    wp-includes/query.php
    wp-includes/l10n.php
    wp-includes/user.php
    wp-includes/version.php
    wp-includes/update.php
    wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/editor_plugin_src.js
    wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wpeditimage/editor_plugin.js
    wp-includes/js/tinymce/wp-tinymce.js.gz
    wp-includes/category-template.php
    ```

First published

May 19, 2019

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