WordPress Release History

Each year, there are three to four new releases of WordPress. These releases are the result of months of hard work by contributors that often volunteer their own valuable time to pushing the WordPress project forward.

This page shows the releases, codenames, and release dates, but click through to see the names of the amazing people behind each of these milestones.

Check out the full history on WordPress.org.

WordPress 6.x

6.7 — Rollins
November 12, 2024
6.6 — Dorsey
July 16, 2024
6.5 — Regina
April 2, 2024
6.4 — Shirley
November 7, 2023
6.3 — Lionel
August 8, 2023
6.2 — Dolphy
March 29, 2023
6.1 — Misha
November 1, 2022
6.0 — Arturo
May 24, 2022

WordPress 5.x

5.9 — Josephine
January 25, 2022
5.8 — Tatum
July 20, 2021
5.7 — Esperanza
March 9, 2021
5.6 — Simone
December 8, 2020
5.5 — Eckstine
August 11, 2020
5.4 — Adderley
March 31, 2020
5.3 — Kirk
November 12, 2019
5.2 — Jaco
May 7, 2019
5.1 — Betty
February 21, 2019
5.0 — Bebo
December 6, 2018

WordPress 4.x

4.9 — Tipton
November 16, 2017
4.8 — Evans
June 8, 2017
4.7 — Vaughan
December 6, 2016
4.6 — Pepper
August 16, 2016
4.5 — Coleman
April 12, 2016
4.4 — Clifford
December 8, 2015
4.3 — Billie
August 18, 2015
4.2 — Powell
April 23, 2015
4.1 — Dinah
December 18, 2014
4.0 — Benny
September 4, 2014

WordPress 3.x

3.x (coming soon)

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