Version 4.2.39
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On July 15, 2025 WordPress 4.2.39 was released to the public.
Installation/Update information
To get this version, update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area or visit https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/.
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Summary
This is the final release of the WordPress 4.2 branch.
Security updates will no longer be provided for this version of WordPress.
This release modifies the update notification within the WordPress dashboard to indicate the version of WordPress is no longer supported. See announcement.
Credits
This release was led by Jb Audras, Sergey Biryukov, John Blackbourn, Estela Rueda and the Security Team.
List of files revised
/wp-includes/certificates/ca-bundle.crt
/wp-includes/version.php
/wp-admin/css/common.css
/wp-admin/includes/update.php
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