WordPress 5.2.1 was released on May 21. This maintenance release fixes 33 bugs, including improvements to the block editor, accessibility, internationalization, and the Site Health feature introduced in 5.2.
You can browse the full list of changes on Trac. Openstream has also added the missing de_CH formal and informal translations. There were only 2 new strings introduced in this version, but the translation has to be at 100% for the release packages to be generated.
WordPress 5.2.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. Version 5.2.2 is expected to follow in approximately two weeks.
You can download WordPress 5.2.1 below or visit Dashboard → Updates and click Update Now. Sites that support automatic background updates have already started to update automatically.
| 5.2.1 | May 24, 2019 | zip (md5 | sha1) | tar.gz (md5 | sha1) |
| 5.2.0 | May 9, 2019 | zip (md5 | sha1) | tar.gz (md5 | sha1) |
Jonathan Desrosiers and William Earnhardt co-led this release, with contributions from 52 other contributors. Thank you to everyone that made this release possible!
As always, remember to backup before upgrading, if you have customized your WordPress site. On this blog, openstream.ch, we are using automatic updates, because we trust our theme and customizations.
