WordPress 6.1.1 maintenance version!

WordPress 6.1 maintenance version, 6.1.1 is released! Read about WordPress 6.1 here: WordPress 6.1 “Misha” was released

This minor release features 29 bug fixes in Core and 21 bug fixes for the block editor. WordPress 6.1.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release.

If you have sites that support automatic background updates, the update process will begin automatically.

Updates

The following core bugs were fixed:

• Canonical: Setting a NOT EXISTS tax query in pre_get_posts action triggers a fatal error in wp-includes/canonical.php
• Editor: Massive (potential) performance issues within get_default_block_editor_settings
• Editor: Padding within table cells ignored
• Editor: Creating taxonomy templates for specific terms are wrongly displayed as not found
• Editor: Separator colors defined using background within theme.json for style variations are ignored
• Editor: Avoid running unnecessary expensive logic around theme.json parsing for classic themes
• Editor: Unable to add blocks on WP 6.1 – “+” button in editor shows up only in certain condition
• Editor: Improve performance of the WP_Theme_JSON class
• Editor: Merge bugfixes from Gutenberg into Core for WP 6.1.1
• Editor: Fluid typography fixes for 6.1.1
• Formatting: Check that the Normalizer class exists in remove_accents()
• General: Update to get_page_by_title in 6.1 changes WHERE clause
• I18N: Fatal error when loading translations early due to a DB error with WPLANG set
• I18N: Always pass $locale to load_textdomain() if we know the locale
• Media: Featured Image bug in 6.0.3
• Media: decoding="async" breaks my site
• Menus: WP 6.1-RC6: menu-item-has-children class is not being applied correctly
• Post, Post Types: WP 6.1 – get_page_by_title(null) returns a page
• Query: WP_Query::the_post causes a type warning when querying for ids, not full post objects
• Query: WP_Query caching discards posts_fields and posts_clauses['fields'] filters.
• Text Changes: Replace instances of “Full site editing” with “Site editor”
• Themes: register_block_core_template_part does WP_Query even on themes that do not support it
• Themes: WP_Theme_JSON_Resolver::get_user_data_from_wp_global_styles call to WP_Query incorrect.
• Themes: Twenty Twenty-Three: visited state of button links use the incorrect text color
• Themes: Reduce usage of wp_get_theme
• Upgrade/Install: Updating plugins with WP6.1 creates .maintenance file and leaves it
• Upgrade/Install: An unupdated Version of Gutenberg Fatally breaks the site on WordPress 6.1 Autoupdate
• Users: cache_users() not defined when calling get_user without field parameter or using all_with_meta or all

The following block editor issues were fixed:

• Post Featured Image: Fix height/scale overwriting border inline styles
• Fluid typography: add font size constraints
• Allow direct selection of nested Page List block by avoiding dual rendering within block
• Fix popover deprecations
• Components: Refactor ColorPalette tests to @testing-library/react
• Convert the ColorPalette component to TypeScript
• List v2: fix migration when nested list is invalid
• Link to homeUrl from site editor view menu.
• Table Block: Apply borders and padding on both front end and editor
• Change the order of the pseudo-states in the pseudo selectors array
• Do not look for block variants, if not supporting block-templates
• Restore the empty paragraph inserter
• Cover: Avoid content loss when the templateLock value is all or contentOnly
• List: disable nested list drop zone so dropping list items works
• Switch background color to text color on block separator
• [WP6.1.1] AutoComplete: Revert to event.keyCode to fix IME composition issue
• [WP6.1.1] FormTokenField: Revert to event.keyCode to fix IME composition issue
• Fluid typography: adjust font size min and max rules