On September 10, 2024, WordPress 6.6.2 was released to the public.
Installation/Update Information
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Summary
This release was led by Tonya Mork and Vicente Canales, with Aaron Jorbin.
WordPress 6.6.2 is a short-cycle maintenance release that features 15 bug fixes in Core and 11 bug fixes for the Block Editor, including fixes related to CSS Specificity producing unexpected changes with some themes.
You can review a summary of the maintenance updates in this release by reading the Release Candidate announcement.
For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac.
Change log
List of files revised
wp-admin/css/about-rtl.css
wp-admin/css/about-rtl.min.css
wp-admin/css/about.css
wp-admin/css/about.min.css
wp-admin/customize.php
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-debug-data.php
wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php
wp-admin/js/theme.js
wp-admin/js/theme.min.js
wp-content/plugins/akismet/readme.txt
wp-includes/admin-bar.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.min.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.php
wp-includes/block-supports/block-style-variations.php
wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
wp-includes/blocks/post-featured-image/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/blocks/post-featured-image/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/blocks/post-featured-image/style.css
wp-includes/blocks/post-featured-image/style.min.css
wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php
wp-includes/class-wp-walker.php
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/edit-post/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/edit-post/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/edit-post/style.css
wp-includes/css/dist/edit-post/style.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/editor/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/editor/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/editor/style.css
wp-includes/css/dist/editor/style.min.css
wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php
wp-includes/interactivity-api/class-wp-interactivity-api.php
wp-includes/js/dist/block-editor.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-editor.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-site.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-site.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/editor.js
wp-includes/js/dist/editor.min.js
wp-includes/media-template.php
wp-includes/media.php
wp-includes/version.php
List of packages revised
@wordpress/block-directory – 5.0.9
@wordpress/block-editor – 13.0.7
@wordpress/block-library – 9.0.8
@wordpress/core-commands – 1.0.7
@wordpress/core-data – 7.0.7
@wordpress/customize-widgets – 5.0.8
@wordpress/dataviews – 2.0.5
@wordpress/edit-post – 8.0.9
@wordpress/edit-site – 6.0.9
@wordpress/edit-widgets – 6.0.8
@wordpress/editor – 14.0.8
@wordpress/format-library – 5.0.7
@wordpress/patterns – 2.0.7
@wordpress/reusable-blocks – 5.0.7
@wordpress/widgets – 4.0.7