On September 22, 2026, WordPress 7.1.2 was released to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/releases\/<\/a>. If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n This release features one security fix. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately.<\/strong> As a courtesy, these fixes are also available in older affected branches of WordPress. As a reminder, only the most recent version of WordPress is actively supported.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n No package was revised.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On September 22, 2026, WordPress 7.1.2 was released to the public. Installation\/Update Information To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/releases\/.For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress: Updating WordPress If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2097165,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":""},"helphub_major_release":[],"class_list":["post-16370921","helphub_version","type-helphub_version","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16370921","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\/2097165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16370921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16370970,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wordpress-versions\/16370921\/revisions\/16370970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16370921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"helphub_major_release","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/helphub_major_release?post=16370921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Security updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The security team would like to thank the following people for responsibly reporting vulnerabilities<\/a>, and allowing them to be fixed in this release:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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