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On August 30, 2022, WordPress 6.0.2 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/.

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Summary

Security & Maintenance updates

This security and maintenance release features 12 bug fixes on Core, 5 bug fixes for the Block Editor, and 3 security fixes.

The following core tickets from Trac were fixed:

  • #56112 – Allow remote pattern registration in theme.json when core patterns are disabled
  • #56184 – register_block_type does not recognise “ancestor” block setting
  • #56210 – What’s new page design issue in core wordpress
  • #56225 – `@since 6.1.0` appearing in 6.0.1
  • #56271 – Custom Template Parts are Duplicated, rather than being updated (PHP 5.6)
  • #56402 – Moment.js should be upgraded
  • #56414 – Backport bug fixes from Gutenberg into Core for WP 6.0.2

The following block editor issues from GitHub were fixed:

  • PR40656 – Remove sticky posts setting when we inherit the query
  • PR41101 – [Block Library – Query Loop]: Move sticky control to separate file
  • PR42539 – Docs: Add variations key to block.json JSON schema definition
  • PR42975 – Block Styles: Truncate long button labels
  • PR43221 – Prevent query block from looping in classic themes

Credits

The 6.0.2 release was led by  @sergeybiryukov and @zieladam.

Thank you to everyone who helped make WordPress 6.0.2 happen:

Alex Concha, Andrei Draganescu, annezazu, Anton Vlasenko, Ari Stathopoulos, Ben Dwyer, Carolina Nymark, Colin Stewart, Darren Coutts, Dilip Bheda, Dion Hulse, eMKey, Fabian Kägy, George Mamadashvili, Greg Ziółkowski, huubl, ironprogrammer, Jb Audras, John Blackbourn, Jonathan Desrosiers, jonmackintosh, Jonny Harris, Kelly Choyce-Dwan, Lena Morita, Linkon Miyan, Lovro Hrust, marybaum, Nick Diego, Nik Tsekouras, Olga Gleckler, Pascal Birchler, paulkevan, Peter Wilson, Sergey Biryukov, Stephen Bernhardt, Teddy Patriarca, Timothy Jacobs, tommusrhodus, Tomoki Shimomura, Tonya Mork, webcommsat AbhaNonStopNewsUK, and zieladam.

List of updated packages

@wordpress/block-directory@3.4.14
@wordpress/block-editor@8.5.10
@wordpress/block-library@7.3.14
@wordpress/customize-widgets@3.3.14
@wordpress/edit-post@6.3.14
@wordpress/edit-site@4.3.14
@wordpress/edit-widgets@4.3.14
@wordpress/editor@12.5.10
@wordpress/format-library@3.4.10
@wordpress/reusable-blocks@3.4.10
@wordpress/widgets@2.4.10

List of Files Revised

wp-admin/about.php
wp-admin/plugins.php
wp-includes/assets/script-loader-packages.php
wp-includes/blocks/post-template.php
wp-includes/blocks/query-no-results.php
wp-includes/css/dist/block-editor/style-rtl.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-editor/style-rtl.min.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-editor/style.css
wp-includes/css/dist/block-editor/style.min.css
wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/moment.js
wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/moment.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-editor.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-editor.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.js
wp-includes/js/dist/block-library.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/components.js
wp-includes/js/dist/components.min.js
wp-includes/js/dist/date.js
wp-includes/js/dist/date.min.js
wp-includes/block-patterns.php
wp-includes/block-template-utils.php
wp-includes/blocks.php
wp-includes/bookmark.php
wp-includes/option.php
wp-includes/post-template.php
wp-includes/script-loader.php
wp-includes/theme.php
wp-includes/version.php

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