WordPress 4.8.1 Maintenance Release

After over 13 million downloads of WordPress 4.8, we are pleased to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 4.8.1, a maintenance release.

This release contains 29 maintenance fixes and enhancements, chief among them are fixes to the rich Text widget and the introduction of the Custom HTML widget. For a full list of changes, consult the release notes, the tickets closed, and the list of changes.

Download WordPress 4.8.1 or visit Dashboard โ†’ Updates and simply click โ€œUpdate Now.โ€ Sites that support automatic background updates are already beginning to update to WordPress 4.8.1.

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