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WordPress has announced version 5.8.1 as a new security and maintenance release. It is important to ensure that you update WordPress so that security issues are fixed.
A WordPress vulnerability rated as critical has been patched. The patch is applied to WordPress version 5.7.2. Sites opted into automatic download should be receiving this update without any additional action by publishers.
Here at O’Brien Media, we use Elementor to help build our websites. The ease of use allows users to make their own changes to their website, which is something that is really important to us!
With the release of this new version, WordPress brings you fresh colours for administration and content management pages. The editor helps you work in a few places you couldn’t before – at least, not without getting into code…
WordPress core is making the jump from jQuery 1.12.4 to jQuery 3.5.1 in WordPress 5.7, which is due to launch on March 9, leaving very little time to get sites ready and prevent websites from being accidentally broken.
Chris Grant (he/him)
12th February 2021
10:31 pm
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