WordPress Update 6.8.2 – Ends Security Support For 0.9% of Sites

WordPress released a maintenance update that contains twenty changes to the core and fixes fifteen issues in the Gutenberg block editor. WordPress also announced that it is dropping security support for WordPress versions 4.1 to 4.6.

Short-Cycle Maintenance Release

This is a maintenance release that incrementally makes WordPress a smoother experience.

Some of the fixes that are representative of what’s in this release:

Dropping Security Support

WordPress announced that it is dropping support for versions 4.1 through 4.6. According to the official