WordPress 4.9.7
7 July 2018
WordPress version 4.9.7 is now available (security release).
Upgrading to WordPress 4.9.7
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What's New in WordPress 4.9.7
WordPress 4.9.7 is a security and maintenance release.
Security
- Fixed a security problem where a user with the capability to edit and delete media files could potentially manipulate media metadata to attempt to delete files outside the uploads directory.
Highlights
- Taxonomy: Improve cache handling for term queries.
- Posts, Post Types: Clear post password cookie when logging out.
- Widgets: Allow basic HTML tags in sidebar descriptions on Widgets admin screen.
- Community Events Dashboard: Always show the nearest WordCamp if one is coming up, even if there are multiple Meetups happening first.
- Privacy: Make sure default privacy policy content does not cause a fatal error when flushing rewrite rules outside of the admin context.