On October 30, 2020, WordPress 5.5.3 was released to the public.
This version was released after a bug with the previous update. Please read the following Release post for more information.
Installation/Update Information
To download WordPress 5.5.3, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://help.codibu.com/blog/kb/releases/.
For step-by-step instructions on installing and updating WordPress:
If you are new to WordPress, we recommend that you begin with the following:
- New To WordPress – Where to Start
- First Steps With WordPress or Upgrading WordPress Extended
- WordPress Lessons
Summary
Maintenance updates
This maintenance release fixes an issue introduced in WordPress 5.5.2 which makes it impossible to install WordPress on a brand new website that does not have an existing database connection configuration. This release does not affect sites where a database connection is already configured, for example, via one-click installers or an existing wp-config.php
file.
For more information, browse the full list of changes on Trac.
List of Files Revised
wp-admin/about.php wp-includes/functions.php