WordPress 5.5.1, a maintenance release, is scheduled for release on all VIP sites on Tuesday, September 1, 2020. A Release Candidate will be available for testing on Thursday, August 27, 2020.
What is being added or changed?
The release is expected to contain a number of bug fixes, largely related to new features introduced in WordPress 5.5, or to the use of jQuery.
Shortly after WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” was released, a small handful of tickets were opened reporting identified bugs. Because a few of them are particularly inconvenient, 5.5.1 will be a short-cycle release so that they can be addressed more quickly.
When Will WordPress 5.5.1 Be Deployed?
VIP Go: WordPress 5.5.1 will be rolled out to all WordPress.com VIP and VIP Go sites on Tuesday, September 1, 2020.
WordPress.com VIP: As with all Core upgrades, we’ll be pushing incremental updates leading up to the public release.
Please note that the deployment dates are subject to change if critical issues are discovered during testing or the public release is delayed. We’ll post updates to the Lobby if the dates do change.
What Should I Do?
We highly recommend updating your local development environments to the Release Candidate using the Beta Tester plugin or updating it via either the Subversion or GitHub repos.
For sites on VIP Go, you can have your non-production sites switched to WordPress 5.5.1 beginning on Thursday, August 27. If this is something you’re interested in, please open a ticket and we can set it up for you.
For more details about this release (including specific changes), please see the announcement post.
Have questions?
If you have any questions related to this release, please open a support ticket and we will be happy to assist.
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