WordPress.org

On April 5, 2022, WordPress 5.9.3 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/release-archive/.

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 following:

Summary

Maintenance updates

This maintenance release features 9 bug fixes in Core and 10 bug fixes in the block editor.

The following core tickets from Trac were fixed:

#52409 – Filesystem API: Include the ssh-ed25519 public key signature algorithm as an alternative to ssh-rsa
#54878 – Themes: Hide block themes live preview link following installation
#54916 – Administration: Do not specify menu order for the Widgets menu when the active theme is a block theme
#54939 – Customizer: When a block theme is active, add an information about Site Editor in the Customizer
#55203 – Media: Make get_post_galleries() only return galleries
#55241 – Themes: Avoid undefined variable warning on get_svg_filters()
#55311 – Editor: Fix broken asset URLs when using WP outside of the regular directory
#55337 – Editor: Optimize preload paths for post and site editors
#55474 – Update WordPress packages for 5.9.3

The following block editor issues from GitHub were fixed:

PR38136 – Adds aria-label to the search button, as accessibility enhancement
PR38863 – Template List: Decode entities in record titles
PR38891 – Use wp_unique_id() instead of uniqid() to generate CSS class names
PR38765 – Cover block: Fix gradient overlay (remove black background color)
PR39045 – Try: Fix image responsive rules
PR38762 – Fixes #38761 by removing obsolete ::before pseudo element
PR39091 – Avoid error when ‘styles’ settings are removed
PR39164 – Change location of block support styles in <head>
PR39340 – Image: Restore baseline responsiveness in the block
PR39445 – Fix: Table block doesn’t keep background color

Credits

The 5.9.3 release was led by Jb Audras and George Mamadashvili.

Special props to Sergey Biryukov for running mission control.

Thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 5.9.3 happen:

Aki Hamano, Alex Stine, aliakseyenkaihar, Anton Vlasenko, binarymoon, Carlos Bravo, Colin Stewart, David Baumwald, Dion Hulse, George Mamadashvili, glendaviesnz, Greg Ziółkowski, ironprogrammer, Iulia Cazan, Jb Audras, Joe Dolson, Joen A., Jorge Costa, jsnajdr, Marius L. J., Nick Diego, Paul Biron, Peter Smits, pgpagely, Rafi Ahmed, Richard B. Kreckel, Robert Anderson, Rufus87, Sergey Biryukov, Tor-Bjorn Fjellner, Tonya Mork, Abha Thakor, Oliver Juhas, and Weston Ruter., alexstine, aliakseyenkaihar, Anton Vlasenko, binarymoon, Carlos Bravo, Colin Stewart, David Baumwald, Dion Hulse, George Mamadashvili, glendaviesnz, Greg Ziółkowski, ironprogrammer, Iulia Cazan, Jb Audras, Joe Dolson, Joen A., Jorge Costa, jsnajdr, Marius L. J., Nick Diego, Paul Biron, Peter Smits, pgpagely, Rafi Ahmed, Richard B. Kreckel, Robert Anderson, Rufus87, Sergey Biryukov, tobifjellner (Tor-Bjorn Fjellner), Tonya Mork, webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK, WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas, and Weston Ruter.

List of updated packages

@wordpress/block-directory@3.0.29
@wordpress/block-library@6.0.28
@wordpress/customize-widgets@2.0.29
@wordpress/edit-post@5.0.29
@wordpress/edit-site@3.0.29
@wordpress/edit-widgets@3.1.24

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/css/customize-controls-rtl.css
wp-admin/css/customize-controls-rtl.min.css
wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
wp-admin/css/customize-controls.min.css
wp-admin/customize.php
wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.php
wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ssh2.php
wp-admin/js/customize-controls.js
wp-admin/js/customize-controls.min.js
wp-admin/js/theme.js
wp-admin/js/theme.min.js
wp-admin/site-editor.php
wp-admin/theme-install.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.php
wp-includes/block-supports/duotone.php
wp-includes/block-supports/elements.php
wp-includes/block-supports/layout.php
wp-includes/blocks.php
wp-includes/blocks/archives.php
wp-includes/blocks/cover/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/blocks/cover/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/blocks/cover/style.css
wp-includes/blocks/cover/style.min.css
wp-includes/blocks/image/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/blocks/image/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/blocks/image/style.css
wp-includes/blocks/image/style.min.css
wp-includes/blocks/navigation.php
wp-includes/blocks/search.php
wp-includes/class-wp-theme-json.php
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/common-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/common-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/common.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/common.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-library/style.min.css
wp-includes/functions.php
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-post.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-site.js
wp-includes/js/dist/edit-site.min.js
wp-includes/media.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/version.php

Version 5.9.3

In this article