{"id":15447758,"date":"2022-03-11T02:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T02:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/?post_type=helphub_version&amp;p=15447758"},"modified":"2022-03-11T02:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T02:34:25","slug":"version-5-0-16","status":"publish","type":"helphub_version","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/wordpress-version\/version-5-0-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Version 5.0.16"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On March 10, 2022, WordPress 5.0.16 was released to the public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"installation-update-information\">Installation\/Update Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard &gt; Updates menu in your site&#8217;s admin area or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/\">https:\/\/wordpress.org\/download\/release-archive\/<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/updating-wordpress\/\">Updating WordPress<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/new_to_wordpress_-_where_to_start\/\">New To WordPress &#8211; Where to Start<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/first-steps-with-wordpress\/\">First Steps With WordPress<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/upgrading-wordpress-extended-instructions\/\">Upgrading WordPress Extended<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"\/support\/article\/wordpress-lessons\/\">WordPress Lessons<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"maintenance-updates\">Security &amp; Maintenance updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This security and maintenance release features one security fix. Because this is a <strong>security release<\/strong>, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 3.7 have also been updated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"credits\">Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The release was led by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">Jb Audras<\/a>, with the help of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/jorgefilipecosta\/\">Jorge Costa<\/a>&nbsp;on package updates,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Sergey Biryukov<\/a>&nbsp;on mission control, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/davidbaumwald\/\">David Baumwald<\/a>&nbsp;on backport commits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the release squad members mentioned above, thank you to everyone who helped make this release happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/alanjacobmathew\/\">Alan Jacob Mathew<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/xknown\/\">Alex Concha<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/oandregal\/\">Andr\u00e9<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/antonvlasenko\/\">Anton Vlasenko<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/davidbaumwald\/\">David Baumwald<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ehtis\/\">ehtis<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/audrasjb\/\">Jb Audras<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Jorge Costa<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/peterwilsoncc\/\">Peter Wilson<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/sergeybiryukov\/\">Sergey Biryukov<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/hellofromTonya\/\">Tonya Mork<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/profiles.wordpress.org\/ironprogrammer\/\">ironprogrammer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"list-of-files-revised\">List of Files Revised<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">\/wp-admin\/about.php\n\/wp-includes\/js\/jquery\/jquery.query.js\n\/wp-includes\/version.php\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 10, 2022, WordPress 5.0.16 was released to the public. 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