Title: Version 4.9.4
Author: Jb Audras
Published: January 15, 2019

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# Version 4.9.4

## In this article

 * [Detailed list](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-4-9-4/?output_format=md#detailed-list)
 * [List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-4-9-4/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)

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From the [WordPress 4.9.4 release post](https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-4-maintenance-release/):
This maintenance release fixes a severe bug in 4.9.3, which will cause sites that
support automatic background updates to fail to update automatically, and will require
action from you (or your host) for it to be updated to 4.9.4.

WordPress 4.9.4 contains 1 bug fix.

## 󠀁[Detailed list](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-4-9-4/?output_format=md#detailed-list)󠁿

Upgrade/Install

 * [#43235](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/43235) – WP Automatic Updates
   broken in 4.9.3.

## 󠀁[List of Files Revised](https://wordpress.org/documentation/wordpress-version/version-4-9-4/?output_format=md#list-of-files-revised)󠁿

    ```wp-block-preformatted
    wp-admin/about.php wp-includes/update.php wp-includes/version.php
    ```

First published

January 15, 2019

Last updated