On April 5, 2022, WordPress 5.9.3 was released to the public.
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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-ed25519public key signature algorithm as an alternative tossh-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 ofuniqid()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
::beforepseudo 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 Zió?kowski, 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 Zió?kowski, 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
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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