WordPress 6.8.2
15 July 2025
WordPress version 6.8.2 is now available.
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What's New in WordPress 6.8.2
Core - Bug Fixes
- #63399 – Twenty Twenty-Five: editor style isn't enqueued
- #14110 – Expose height and width attributes to 'wp_get_attachment_image_attributes' filter
- #42007 – rpc.pingomatic.com still using HTTP
- #47595 – Re-evaluate whether comment form should still get the HTML5 novalidate attribute
- #61941 – Removing app.screencast.com as an oEmbed provider
- #62995 – Uploading Mac screenshots results in broken images, due to question marks inserted in filenames
- #63029 – Better align restore revision buttons on mobile devices
- #63073 – Twenty Twelve: theme's figcaption styles do not apply in the editor
- #63254 – Introduce development mode for block editor styles
- #63308 – tinymce cache key should be updated
- #63324 – Update Twemoji to v16.0.1
- #63377 – Pin specific Gutenberg plugin version for E2E tests in 6.6 branch
- #63390 – Add version number tests for package-lock and composer files.
- #63424 – Twenty Sixteen: Quote block Plain style has border in the editor
- #63520 – Twenty Fourteen: Latest Comments block link color does not belong in Content Sidebar
- #63543 – Environment variable WP_CONFIG_PATH should be set on cli container in wordpress-develop env
- #63564 – Dev environment should incorporate enhancements from wp-env for speed and non-interactive usage
- #63588 – do_blocks(): Free up transient memory leak
- #63595 – Cease support for 4.1 – 4.6
- #63613 – Twenty Twenty-One: menu toggle is not responsive until after "load" event
Gutenberg - Bug Fixes
- #69627 – Navigation Link: Don't check validity when block editing is disabled
- #69631 – Navigation Link: Optimize 'getBlockParentsByBlockName' selector call
- #69633 – Navigation Link: Improve performance by only requesting entities when selected
- #69698 – Query Loop: Don't overwrite the 'query.inherit' attribute value
- #69741 – Block Editor: Remove truncation from media tab preview tooltips
- #69985 – Image: Avoid stale URL when reselecting the same image from the library
- #70020 – Post Template: Don't rely on the default 'ignore_sticky' REST API value
- #70043 – MediaPlaceholder: Fix Regression with media URL input type to allow a local URL path
- #70051 – DOM: Add summary element to focusable elements
- #70054 – Button: Limit scope of width style for link
- #68741 – Details: Enable all non-interactive formats
- #70056 – Details Block: Fix keyboard accessibility issues and allow list view selection to show up inner blocks
- #70078 – URL: Handle HTML entities and ampersand in 'cleanForSlug'
- #70480 – Remove screencast.com embed block variation
- #70553 – Fix Floating UI packages dependencies
