WordPress 6.8.1 Maintenance Release

WordPress 6.8.1 is now available!

This minor release includes fixes for 15 bugs throughout Core and the Block Editor addressing issues affecting multiple areas of WordPress including the block editor, multisite, and REST API. For a full list of bug fixes, please refer to the release candidate announcement.

WordPress 6.8.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. More maintenance releases will be made available throughout 2025.

If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.

You can download WordPress 6.8.1 from WordPress.org, or visit your WordPress Dashboard, click “Updates”, and then click “Update Now”. For more