WordPress 5.6 lands with new auto-update UI, Site Health enhancements

08 December 2020 at 16:22 UTC

Updated: 08 December 2020 at 16:35 UTC

Webmasters can also issue authenticated requests to WordPress APIs via Application Passwords

WordPress 5.6 has shipped with a new user interface (UI) for opting into automatic updates for major releases, and enhancements to how Site Health handles and validates health checks.

Launched today (December 8), the full release also allows webmasters to make authenticated requests to various WordPress APIs via a new