The latest version of WordPress, version 4.9.5 has been released.
This update includes 28 bug fixes and one security update. As ever, update as soon as is practicable… the updates include:
Table of Contents
Build/Test Tools
#43190 – Update prefixed CSS properties in `about.css`
Bundled Theme
#43317 – Twenty Seventeen: underline links in comments
#43572 – Bundled Themes: Bump version number and update changelog in Twenty Seventeen for 4.9.5 release
Comments
#39045 – Remove unnecessary aria-required attribute for elements that have required attribute.
Customize
#36884 – In menus: correct oversized viewport after dragging menu items
#43307 – Correct closing tags in `customize_themes_print_templates()`
#43333 – In menus: reset results when closing the ‘add items’ panel.
Filesystem API
#43417 – Avoid an infinite loop in `wp_mkdir_p()` when trying to determine the parent folder with `open_basedir` restriction in effect.
Formatting
#43312 – Avoid a PHP 7.2 warning in `wp_kses_attr()` when one of `$allowedtags` elements is an uncountable value.
General
#38332 – Replace Cheatin’ uh? with friendlier error messages
#42789 – Readme: Update recommended PHP version to 7.2
Media
#41242 – Fix image cropping on touch screen devices
#42724 – On Media Settings screen, make the pairs of labels and inputs always stacked vertically, on both mobile and desktop screens
#42968 – Grid view – correct placeholder positioning during uploads
#43123 – Revert max-width styles on caption shortcodes
#43201 – Avoid a PHP warning in `wp_calculate_image_srcset()` if a plugin returns a non-array value via `wp_calculate_image_srcset()` filter
#43226 – Correctly allow changing PDF thumbnail crop value
Bundled plugins
#43555 – Update Hello Dolly lyrics
Networks and Sites
#43568 – Use a numbered placeholder in `sprintf()` for the site URL
Rest API
#42948 – Backbone client sending empty string in X-WP-Nonce header by default in some cases
#43265 – REST API JavaScript Client: Support an empty string for nonce to disable sending the X-WP-Nonce header
#43266 – Extend custom nonce functionality to collections
Security
#43285 – Loosen the admin referrer policy header value to allow the referring host to be sent from the admin area in all cases
Users
#42713 – Display partial names in the user listing tables
XML-RPC
#43216 – Add default values to IXR_Message for PHP 7.2 compatibility to avoid PHP Warnings
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