WordPress is getting hotter with its new Maintenance Release 4.9.4. Yes, WordPress 4.9.4 Maintenance Release is now available in its full phase, and can directly download or even update from the dashboard.
According to WordPress.Org, this maintenance release fixes a severe bug in 4.9.3. Which will cause sites that support automatic background updates to fail to update automatically, and requires action from you (or your host) to update to 4.9.4.
The bug will cause WordPress to encounter an error when it attempts to update itself to WordPress 4.9.4. It requires an update to perform on the WordPress dashboard or hosts update tools.
WordPress 4.9.4 comes as a maintenance release for all the previous versions of WordPress. And also fix the issues of 4.9.3 immediately within a day. It is, thus, mandatory that you update your WordPress websites right now.
If you have the previous version of WordPress 4.9.3, please update your WordPress to the latest version 4.9.4.
The WordPress 4.9.4 Maintenance Release addresses 34 bugs found in WordPress version 4.9. WordPress 4.9.3 maintenance release includes fixes for Customizer changesets, widgets, visual editor, and PHP 7.2 compatibility. For more in-depth information about the changes, you can consult the list of tickets and the full list of the changelog.
If your site supports automatic background updates, then just sit back and relax, 4.9.4 is already being pushed out. If you’d rather not wait or have auto-updates disabled, you can browse to Dashboard > Updates and click the Update Now button.
All the problems during the installation or bugs can be directly addressed in the support forum.
