Title: WordPress 6.6.2 Author: Tonya Mork Published: August 19, 2024 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) [Tonya Mork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) 2:30 pm _on_ August 19, 2024 Tags: [6-6 ( 57 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6/), [6-6-release-leads ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6-release-leads/), [6-6-x ( 4 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6-x/), [core ( 757 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/) # WordPress 6.6.2 WordPress 6.6.2 is scheduled to be the next maintenance release for the 6.6 version. Its release will follow the following preliminary schedule: * September 4, 2024 – Release Candidaterelease candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see [alpha (beta)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?output_format=md#alpha-beta). made available and announced here on the make/coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. site. * September 10, 2024 – Final release made available. Specific times will be decided in advance and adjustments to the schedule may be made. All adjustments will be noted in this post. Minor or Maintenance releases of WordPress are intended as bugbug A bug is an error or unexpected result. Performance improvements, code optimization, and are considered enhancements, not defects. After feature freeze, only bugs are dealt with, with regressions (adverse changes from the previous version) being the highest priority.- fix releases. If you have a tracTrac An open source project by Edgewall Software that serves as a bug tracker and project management tool for WordPress. ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker. that you think should be considered, please put it in the 6.6.2 milestone. If you have a GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) issue, please add it to the [6.6.x Editor Tasks](https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/213) board. If you lack bug gardening capabilitiescapability A **capability** is permission to perform one or more types of task. Checking if a user has a capability is performed by the `current_user_can` function. Each user of a WordPress site might have some permissions but not others, depending on their role. For example, users who have the Author role usually have permission to edit their own posts (the “edit_posts” capability), but not permission to edit other users’ posts (the “edit_others_posts” capability). and have a ticket or issue you wish to highlight for 6.6.2, please add a comment here. Note: except in extreme situations, only bug fixes will be considered and generally only bugs that have been introduced during the 6.6 cycle. ## Get involved with 6.6.2 Bug Scrubs will happen in the [#core room](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) during the following times: * [August 22, 2024 at 16:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240822T1600) * [August 28, 2024 at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240828T1500) * [September 3, 2024 at 15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240903T1500) Each of the open tickets is going to require development work along with testing and review. You can also run your own scrubs to help ensure that all of the correct tickets are fixed in this release. Additionally, while the intent is for no new translated strings in this release, [some locales have strings in 6.6 in need of translation](https://translate.wordpress.org/stats/). General coordination for the release will happen in the [#6-6-release-leads channel](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C06U06K50Q5) and decisions around code for the release will be made in the [#core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/core/) room. This minor releaseMinor Release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. will be led by [@vcanales](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vcanales/) and myself ([@hellofromtonya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/)), with [@jorbin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorbin/) mentoring us. _Thank you to _[@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) and_ _[@jorbin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jorbin/)_ for pre-publication review. _ [#6-6](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6/), [#6-6-release-leads](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6-release-leads/), [#6-6-x](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/6-6-x/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d94bdc8e970ce9c05a299f54838f522dafcf3d9379cfbea2ca2c848497bb6732? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [leemon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leemon/) 8:32 pm _on_ August 19, 2024 3. Please, consider fixing this issue and adding the patchpatch A special text file that describes changes to code, by identifying the files and lines which are added, removed, and altered. It may also be referred to as a **diff**. A patch can be _applied_ to a codebase for testing. to the 6.6.2 milestone: [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/63925](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/63925) It’s a regressionregression A software bug that breaks or degrades something that previously worked. Regressions are often treated as critical bugs or [blockers](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/wordpress-6-6-2/?output_format=md#blocker). Recent regressions may be given higher priorities. A "3.6 regression" would be a bug in 3.6 that worked as intended in 3.5. introduced in 6.6. Thanks in advance 4. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/700febabf646717b35cab3a3bbc42e405237922fccda8b01ad07cde219de62bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Tonya Mork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) 3:52 pm _on_ August 20, 2024 * Hello [@leemon](https://profiles.wordpress.org/leemon/), * Thank you for flagging that issue. It is being tracked in the [6.6.x Editor Tasks board](https://github.com/orgs/WordPress/projects/213/views/1) and in the [CSS Specificity tracking issue](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/64243). * What’s its status? Currently, it’s being investigated to figure out how best to solve it. [@talldanwp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/talldanwp/) [proposed multiple ways, but also noted](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/63925#issuecomment-2288208251) it’s unclear which direction to go and if its resolution fits within a minor or major releasemajor release A release, identified by the first two numbers( 3.6), which is the focus of a full release cycle and feature development. WordPress uses decimaling count for major release versions, so 2.8, 2.9, 3.0, and 3.1 are sequential and comparable in scope. cycle. * Could it ship in 6.6.2? Maybe. Depends upon (a) the chosen resolution, (b) if merged and ready before 6.6.2 RC1, and (c) if there’s consensus the resolution fits within a minor. * I invite you to contribute to it. 5. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cbfbcc941f3bc845722a35e5eaeed8d73861066b405fe112060e12d61073df66? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 6. [nodwsp](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nodwsp/) 5:23 pm _on_ August 23, 2024 7. still needs switch to COMPLETELY DISABLE “gutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)” and have comments turned off by default in this spam machine 8. * ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cd257f389c91f137dab25f343b527123e887135b01921ebb6206e40cfa2eb636? s=32&d=mm&r=g) * [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/) 6:05 pm _on_ August 24, 2024 * That’s easy: Install [Classic Editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/) A switch i coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. will never happen. There are also [plugins to fight spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/search/antispam/), if you’d like to have comments on. Pick your favorite of those or search for “ captcha”. 9. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/700febabf646717b35cab3a3bbc42e405237922fccda8b01ad07cde219de62bd? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 10. [Tonya Mork](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hellofromtonya/) 4:53 pm _on_ September 10, 2024 11. 6.6.2 is now available [https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wordpress-6-6-2-maintenance-release/](https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wordpress-6-6-2-maintenance-release/) 12. Thank you to everyone who contributed! Comments are closed. # Post navigation [← Hallway Hangout recording: Let’s chat about what’s next in Gutenberg (August 2024)](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/16/hallway-hangout-recording-lets-chat-about-whats-next-in-gutenberg-august-2024/) [Default Theme Chat Agenda: August 21, 2024 →](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2024/08/19/default-theme-chat-agenda-august-21-2024/)