Title: Version 3.9.5
Published: May 19, 2019

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# Version 3.9.5

## In this article

 * [Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-9-5/?output_format=md#installationupdate-information)
 * [Summary](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-9-5/?output_format=md#summary)
 * [List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-9-5/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)

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On April 23, 2015, WordPress 3.9.5 was released to the public. This is a maintenance
update for WordPress 3.9.4.

## 󠀁[Installation/Update Information](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-9-5/?output_format=md#installationupdate-information)󠁿

To download WordPress 3.9.5, 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-3-9-5/?output_format=md#summary)󠁿

Fix database writes for esoteric character sets, broken in the WordPress 3.9.4 security
release. Neither UTF-8 nor latin1 were affected. For more information, see [ticket #32051](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/32051).

## 󠀁[List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-3-9-5/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)󠁿

    ```wp-block-preformatted
    readme.html
    wp-admin/about.php
    wp-includes/version.php
    wp-includes/wp-db.php
    ```

First published

May 19, 2019

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