{"id":16369435,"date":"2026-07-17T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T18:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/?post_type=helphub_version&#038;p=16369435"},"modified":"2026-07-18T06:29:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:29:23","slug":"version-6-8-6","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-6-8-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 6.8.6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On July 17, 2026, WordPress 6.8.6 was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>.<br>For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress \u2013 Where to Start<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This release features several security fixes. Because this is a security release, <strong>it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.<\/strong><br>The security team would like to thank the following people for <a href=\"https:\/\/hackerone.com\/wordpress?type=team\">responsibly reporting vulnerabilities<\/a>, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A facilitated SQL injection issue reported as a team by TF1T, dtro, and haongo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change log<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of files revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/wp-includes\/rest-api\/class-wp-rest-server.php<br>\/wp-includes\/class-wp-query.php<br>\/wp-includes\/rest-api.php<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">List of packages revised<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No package was revised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 17, 2026, WordPress 6.8.6 was released to the public. Installation\/Update Information To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site\u2019s admin area or visit https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-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: Summary [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2738372,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false},"helphub_major_release":[103],"class_list":["post-16369435","helphub_version","type-helphub_version","status-publish","hentry","helphub_major_release-6-8"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16369435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/helphub_version"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2738372"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16369435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16369449,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16369435\/revisions\/16369449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16369435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helphub_major_release","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helphub_major_release?post=16369435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}