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Dropping security updates for WordPress versions 4.1 through 4.6

<div>&NewLine;<p>As of July 2025&comma; the WordPress Security Team will no longer provide security updates for WordPress versions 4&period;1 through 4&period;6&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These versions were first released nine or more years ago and over 99&percnt; of WordPress installations run a more recent version&period; The chances this will affect your site&comma; or sites&comma; is very small&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you are unsure if you are running an up-to-date version of WordPress&comma; please log in to your site’s dashboard&period; Out of date versions will display a notice that looks like this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border"><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The version you are running is displayed in the bottom of the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At a Glance” section of the dashboard&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border"><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As a reminder&comma; the only <em>actively<&sol;em> supported version of WordPress is the most recent one&period; Security updates are only backported to older branches as a courtesy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Make WordPress Security blog has further details about <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;security&sol;2025&sol;06&sol;18&sol;security-updates-will-cease-for-wordpress-versions-4-1-through-4-6&sol;" data-type&equals;"link" data-id&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;wordpress&period;org&sol;security&sol;2025&sol;06&sol;18&sol;security-updates-will-cease-for-wordpress-versions-4-1-through-4-6&sol;">the process to end support<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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