WordPress 5.2.1 Released
WordPress has released version 5.21.1, a maintenance release to patch several bugs. This is the 7th overall release of WordPress 5 since it was first launched on December 6, 2018 and the first update to v5.2. This release fixes 33 bugs across 32 tickets, most of which were introduced with v5.2.Durability: This is considered a ‘short cycle’ release, meaning it will be replaced soon as v5.2.2 is release, which is expected in the coming weeks.
Bugs patched in 5.2.1
- Gutenberg typing issues in RTL since 5.2
- At least one function in /wp-includes/sodium_compat/src/Core32 times out on 32 bit servers
- wp_targeted_link_rel filter should not be applied to ‘Custom HTML` widget
- Editor: Update packages for WordPress 5.2.1
- wp_targeted_link_rel corrupts JSON content
- About: Use $display_version in headings
- Provide update-php link on WordPress update failure screen
- Site Health: Pseudo dashicons for list should be vertically centered
- Privacy tool email field stretches past 100% on mobile
- Cards on Tools page too wide on mobile
- jQuery Update 3.4.0 vulnerability
- ext not vertically centered on site-health.php
- Skip links misplaced in the responsive view
- Add aria-current attribute to current item in WP Admin tabs
- Merge similar strings introduced in WP 5.2
- Do not use placeholders for HTML tags in strings
- Do not break strings to avoid HTML tags in them
- Use a non-zero exit code when requirements are not met
- Nav Menus: Delete Menu action link is misaligned in responsive view
- get_search_form function enhanced in 5.2 is not fully backward compatible
- Console warning with Dashicons font and input type=”radio”
- Media files cannot be deleted under Windows since 5.2
- Site Health: Plugins Upgrade Link for Multisite
- Typing spaces stops working after two soft line breaks in Chrome.
- Update TinyMCE to 4.9.4 azaozz task (blessed)
- Wrong singular string in class-wp-site-health.php
- Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function load_default_textdomain() in /wp-includes/class-wp-fatal-error-handler.php:41
- 5.2.1 About Page Updates
- HTTP requests test in Site Health Status is not always correct
- Feed ‘last build date’ Bug
- Replace new “fixed %s bugs” string with a pre-existing one
- Upgrading from WordPress 5.1 to 5.2.1 generates a fatal error