On April 30, 2025, WordPress 6.8.1 was released to the public.
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Summary
This release was led by Aaron Jorbin.
This minor release includes fixes for 15 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, multisite, and REST API.
For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement.
Change log
List of files revised
wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-upgrader.php
wp-admin/js/common.js
wp-admin/js/common.min.js
wp-admin/js/editor.js
wp-admin/js/editor.min.js
wp-includes/admin-bar.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.min.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.php
wp-includes/blocks/post-author-name.php
wp-includes/blocks/post-author.php
wp-includes/blocks.php
wp-includes/class-wp-editor.php
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/js/dist/block-editor.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-editor.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/components.js
wp-includes/js/dist/components.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/editor.js
wp-includes/js/dist/editor.min.js
wp-includes/ms-files.php
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-attachments-controller.php
wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-posts-controller.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/version.php
List of packages revised
@wordpress/block-directory - 5.19.6
@wordpress/block-editor - 14.14.5
@wordpress/block-library - 9.19.5
@wordpress/commands - 1.19.3
@wordpress/components - 29.5.3
@wordpress/core-commands - 1.19.5
@wordpress/core-data - 7.19.5
@wordpress/customize-widgets - 5.19.5
@wordpress/dataviews - 4.15.3
@wordpress/edit-post - 8.19.6
@wordpress/edit-site - 6.19.6
@wordpress/edit-widgets - 6.19.5
@wordpress/editor - 14.19.6
@wordpress/fields - 0.11.5
@wordpress/format-library - 5.19.5
@wordpress/interface - 9.4.3
@wordpress/list-reusable-blocks - 5.19.3
@wordpress/nux - 9.19.3
@wordpress/patterns - 2.19.5
@wordpress/plugins - 7.19.3
@wordpress/preferences - 4.19.3
@wordpress/reusable-blocks - 5.19.5
@wordpress/server-side-render 5.19.3
@wordpress/upload-media - 0.4.3
@wordpress/widgets - 4.19.5