Release Announcement: WordPress 5.2.1 Maintenance Release
WordPress 5.2.1 is now available since May 21, 2019. This maintenance release fixes 33 bugs, including improvements to the block editor, accessibility, internationalisation, and the Site Health feature introduced in 5.2.
WordPress 5.2.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. Version 5.2.2 is expected to follow in approximately two weeks. You can download WP 5.2.1 or visit Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now. Sites that support automatic background updates have already started to update automatically.
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| Ticket | Summary | Type | Priority | Component | Version | #47180 | Gutenberg typing issues in RTL since 5.2 | defect (bug) | high | Editor | 5.2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #47186 | At least one function in /wp-includes/sodium_compat/src/Core32 times out on 32 bit servers | defect (bug) | high | Upgrade/Install | 5.2 | #47244 | wp_targeted_link_rel filter should not be applied to 'Custom HTML` widget | defect (bug) | high | Widgets | 5.2 |
| #47284 | Editor: Update packages for WordPress 5.2.1 | task (blessed) | high | Editor | 5.2 |
| #46316 | wp_targeted_link_rel corrupts JSON content | defect (bug) | normal | Formatting | 5.1 |
| #46408 | About: Use $display_version in headings | defect (bug) | normal | Help/About | |
| #46937 | Provide update-php link on WordPress update failure screen | enhancement | normal | Upgrade/Install | 5.2 |
| #46940 | Site Health: Pseudo dashicons for list should be vertically centered | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #46961 | Privacy tool email field stretches past 100% on mobile | defect (bug) | normal | Privacy | 4.9.6 |
| #46972 | Cards on Tools page too wide on mobile | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 4.2 |
| #47020 | jQuery Update 3.4.0 vulnerability | defect (bug) | normal | External Libraries | 5.1.1 |
| #47063 | Text not vertically centered on site-health.php | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #47065 | Skip links misplaced in the responsive view | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | |
| #47106 | Add aria-current attribute to current item in WP Admin <nav> tabs | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | |
| #47158 | Merge similar strings introduced in WP 5.2 | defect (bug) | normal | I18N | 5.2 |
| #47159 | Do not use placeholders for HTML tags in strings | defect (bug) | normal | I18N | 5.2 |
| #47161 | Do not break strings to avoid HTML tags in them | defect (bug) | normal | I18N | |
| #47169 | Use a non-zero exit code when requirements are not met | defect (bug) | normal | Build/Test Tools | 3.0 |
| #47173 | Nav Menus: Delete Menu action link is misaligned in responsive view | defect (bug) | normal | Menus | 4.9 |
| #47177 | get_search_form function enhanced in 5.2 is not fully backward compatible | defect (bug) | normal | General | 5.2 |
| #47183 | Console warning with Dashicons font and input type="radio" | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #47185 | Media files cannot be deleted under Windows since 5.2 | defect (bug) | normal | Filesystem API | 5.2 |
| #47189 | Site Health: Plugins Upgrade Link for Multisite | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #47205 | Typing spaces stops working after two soft line breaks in Chrome. | defect (bug) | normal | TinyMCE | 5.2 |
| #47229 | Update TinyMCE to 4.9.4 | task (blessed) | normal | TinyMCE | |
| #47264 | Wrong singular string in class-wp-site-health.php | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #47265 | Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function load_default_textdomain() in /wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php:41 | defect (bug) | normal | Bootstrap/Load | 5.2 |
| #47294 | 5.2.1 About Page Updates | task (blessed) | normal | Help/About | |
| #47297 | HTTP requests test in Site Health Status is not always correct | defect (bug) | normal | Administration | 5.2 |
| #47304 | Feed <lastBuildDate> Bug | defect (bug) | normal | Feeds | 5.2 |
| #47312 | Replace new "fixed %s bugs" string with a pre-existing one | defect (bug) | normal | Help/About | |
| #47323 | Upgrading from WordPress 5.1 to 5.2.1 generates a fatal error | defect (bug) | normal | Upgrade/Install | 5.2 |
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