WordPress 5.9.1 Maintenance Release (85 bugs fixed)

Last updated: Apr 7, 2022

WordPress 5.9.1 was released on February 22, 2022, and is a maintenance update that fixes 85 bugs in WordPress core and the block editor.

Release date of WordPress 5.9.1

WordPress 5.9.1 was released on February 22, 2022. The next major release is scheduled for 6.0.

For release dates of other versions, please refer to the following pages.

What’s new in WordPress 5.9.1

Updating to WordPress 5.9.1 will fix 85 bugs.

WordPress (Core)

33 bugs have been fixed in WordPress (Core). Details of the fixes can be found at WordPress Trac.

Block Editor

52 bugs have been fixed in the block editor. Details of the fixes can be found at Pull requests · WordPress/gutenberg.

Server Requirements

The following requirements are recommended to run WordPress 5.9.1.

• PHP 7.4 or higher
• MySQL 5.7 or higher, or MariaDB 10.2 or higher
• Nginx or Apache

Please refer to the following article for server requirements.

How to update

To update to WordPress 5.9.1, click the Update Now button on the Dashboard Update page.

If automatic updates are enabled, updates will start in the background.

How to Download

You can get WordPress 5.9.1 from the download page.

Please refer to the following article on how to download WordPress.

How do I downgrade?

If you update to WordPress 5.9.1 and find problems, you can downgrade by installing WP Downgrade | Specific Core Version.

Other versions of WordPress 5.9

Updates for other versions of WordPress 5.9 are available here.