Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Wordpress versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 3.6.1 | Aug 1, 2013 | Oct 24, 2013 | 4580 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.7 | 3.7.41 | Oct 24, 2013 | Dec 12, 2013 | 4531 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.8 | 3.8.41 | Dec 12, 2013 | Apr 16, 2014 | 4406 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.9 | 3.9.40 | Apr 16, 2014 | Sep 4, 2014 | 4265 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 | 4.0.38 | Sep 4, 2014 | Dec 18, 2014 | 4160 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1.42 | Dec 18, 2014 | Apr 23, 2015 | 4034 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2.39 | Apr 23, 2015 | Aug 18, 2015 | 3917 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | 4.3.35 | Aug 18, 2015 | Dec 8, 2015 | 3805 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.4 | 4.4.34 | Dec 9, 2015 | Apr 12, 2016 | 3679 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.5 | 4.5.33 | Apr 12, 2016 | Aug 16, 2016 | 3553 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.6 | 4.6.30 | Aug 16, 2016 | Dec 6, 2016 | 3441 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.7 | 4.7.33 | Dec 6, 2016 | Jun 8, 2017 | 3257 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.8 | 4.8.28 | Jun 8, 2017 | Nov 16, 2017 | 3096 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.9 | 4.9.29 | Nov 16, 2017 | Dec 6, 2018 | 2711 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.25 | Dec 6, 2018 | Feb 21, 2019 | 2634 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | 5.1.22 | Feb 21, 2019 | May 7, 2019 | 2559 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | 5.2.24 | May 7, 2019 | Nov 12, 2019 | 2370 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | 5.3.21 | Nov 12, 2019 | Mar 31, 2020 | 2230 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.4 | 5.4.19 | Mar 31, 2020 | Aug 11, 2020 | 2097 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.5 | 5.5.18 | Aug 11, 2020 | Dec 8, 2020 | 1978 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.6 | 5.6.17 | Dec 8, 2020 | Mar 9, 2021 | 1887 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.7 | 5.7.15 | Mar 9, 2021 | Jul 20, 2021 | 1754 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.8 | 5.8.13 | Jul 20, 2021 | Jan 25, 2022 | 1565 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.9 | 5.9.13 | Jan 25, 2022 | May 24, 2022 | 1446 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0.12 | May 24, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | 1285 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.10 | Nov 2, 2022 | Mar 29, 2023 | 1137 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.2 | 6.2.9 | Mar 29, 2023 | Aug 8, 2023 | 1005 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.3 | 6.3.8 | Aug 8, 2023 | Nov 7, 2023 | 914 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.4 | 6.4.8 | Nov 7, 2023 | Apr 2, 2024 | 767 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.5 | 6.5.8 | Apr 2, 2024 | Jul 16, 2024 | 662 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.6 | 6.6.5 | Jul 16, 2024 | Nov 12, 2024 | 543 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.7 | 6.7.5 | Nov 12, 2024 | Apr 15, 2025 | 389 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.8 | 6.8.5 | Apr 15, 2025 | Dec 2, 2025 | 158 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.9 | 6.9.4 | Dec 2, 2025 | Already EOL | Supported | Active |
When a Wordpress version reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Wordpress should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
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