Release Changelog Draft

2.4.2

For the full list of issues and pull requests in this release, please see the 2.4.2 milestone with 8 closed issues and 13 merged pull requests (minus dependency updates).

Changelog

• Fix invalid URL protocol for local development. (#7508, #5402)
• Bump phpVersion from 7.4 to 8.0 in .wp-env.json. (#7516, #7517)
• Update dependabot to run monthly instead of weekly. (#7536)
• Upgrade outdated packages; bump React to v18. (#7548)
• Update legacy theme styles to add responsiveness to featured image. (#7560, #7550)
• Remove auto-merge workflow. (#7562)
• Update dependabot config to group @wordpress/* package updates. (#7579, #7576)
• Update Google Analytics analytics vendor. (#7580, #7567)
• Update ecosystem files. (#7581)
• Update ReaderThemeSupportFeatures::theme_has_theme_json() with latest changes. (#7582, #7583)
• Fix test regression due to GB update. (#7588)
• Fix test:php commands. (#7589, #7590)
• Remove WP_DEBUG from local-env till WP 6.3 is released. (#7591)

Props

Andre Esteves Perrone (@artneo7), David Vallejo (@thyngster), Lovekesh Kumar (@thelovekesh), Maitreyie Chavan (@maitreyie-chavan), Milind More (@milindmore22), Pooja Killekar (@pooja-muchandikar), Weston Ruter (@westonruter)

Installation

Now available to install via WordPress.org.

You can also install the amp.zip build linked below by uploading it in the WordPress admin.