wordpress end of life dates — full support timeline
34 of 35 tracked wordpress releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 2026-05-20 | not announced | 7.0.2 | supported |
| 6.9 | 2025-12-02 | 2026-05-20 | 6.9.5 | ended |
| 6.8 | 2025-04-15 | 2025-12-02 | 6.8.6 | ended |
| 6.7 | 2024-11-12 | 2025-04-15 | 6.7.5 | ended |
| 6.6 | 2024-07-16 | 2024-11-12 | 6.6.5 | ended |
| 6.5 | 2024-04-02 | 2024-07-16 | 6.5.8 | ended |
| 6.4 | 2023-11-07 | 2024-04-02 | 6.4.8 | ended |
| 6.3 | 2023-08-08 | 2023-11-07 | 6.3.8 | ended |
| 6.2 | 2023-03-29 | 2023-08-08 | 6.2.9 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2022-11-02 | 2023-03-29 | 6.1.10 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-11-01 | 6.0.12 | ended |
| 5.9 | 2022-01-25 | 2022-05-24 | 5.9.13 | ended |
| 5.8 | 2021-07-20 | 2022-01-25 | 5.8.13 | ended |
| 5.7 | 2021-03-09 | 2021-07-20 | 5.7.15 | ended |
| 5.6 | 2020-12-08 | 2021-03-09 | 5.6.17 | ended |
| 5.5 | 2020-08-11 | 2020-12-08 | 5.5.18 | ended |
| 5.4 | 2020-03-31 | 2020-08-11 | 5.4.19 | ended |
| 5.3 | 2019-11-12 | 2020-03-31 | 5.3.21 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2019-05-07 | 2019-11-12 | 5.2.24 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2019-02-21 | 2019-05-07 | 5.1.22 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2018-12-06 | 2019-02-21 | 5.0.25 | ended |
| 4.9 | 2017-11-16 | 2018-12-06 | 4.9.29 | ended |
| 4.8 | 2017-06-08 | 2017-11-16 | 4.8.28 | ended |
| 4.7 | 2016-12-06 | 2017-06-08 | 4.7.33 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported wordpress release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/wordpress, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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