On Dec. 19, 2018, WordPress 5.0.2 was released to the public.
Installation/Update Information
To download WordPress 5.0.2, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit the archive.
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:
- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
Summary
From the WordPress 5.0.2 release post, this maintenance release fixes 73 bugs in 5.0 branch. Here are a few highlights:
- 45 total Block Editor improvements are included (14 performance enhancements & 31 bug fixes).
- 17 Block Editor related bugs have been fixed across all of the bundled themes.
- Some internationalization (i18n) issues related to script loading have also been fixed.
For a full list of changes, please consult the list of tickets on Trac or the changelog.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to WordPress 5.0.2:
Alexander Babaev, Alex Kirk, allancole, Andrea Fercia, Andrew Ozz, Anton Timmermans, David Binovec, David Trower, Dominik Schilling, Eduardo Pittol, Gary Pendergast, Greg Raven, gziolo, herregroen, iCaleb, Jb Audras, Joen Asmussen, John Blackbourn, Jonathan Desrosiers, khleomix, kjellr, laurelfulford, Jeff Paul, mihaivalentin, Milan Dinić, Muntasir Mahmud, Pascal Birchler, Pratik K. Yadav, Riad Benguella, Rich Tabor, strategio, Subrata Sarkar, tmatsuur, TorontoDigits, Ulrich, Vaishali Panchal, volodymyrkolesnykov, Weston Ruter, Yui, ze3kr, and のむらけい.
List of Files Revised
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/includes/plugin-install.php
wp-admin/includes/post.php
wp-includes/l10n.php
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/version.php
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/languages/twentyeleven.pot
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentyfifteen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentyfourteen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/archive.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/classes/class-twentynineteen-svg-icons.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/classes/class-twentynineteen-walker-comment.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/comments.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/header.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/image.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/color-patterns.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/customizer.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/template-functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/template-tags.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/index.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/blocks/_blocks.scss
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/sass/navigation/_menu-social-navigation.scss
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/single.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.css
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-editor.scss
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style-rtl.css
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/style.scss
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/template-parts/post/author-bio.php
wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/template-parts/post/discussion-meta.php
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/README.txt
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/assets/css/editor-style.css
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentyseventeen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/css/editor-style.css
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentysixteen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentyten/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyten/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentyten/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentyten/languages/twentyten.pot
wp-content/themes/twentyten/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentyten/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentythirteen/style.css
wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/css/blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/css/editor-blocks.css
wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/functions.php
wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/readme.txt
wp-content/themes/twentytwelve/style.css