{"id":8518,"date":"2016-01-08T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T11:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/?p=8518"},"modified":"2023-09-05T07:21:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:21:25","slug":"update-to-wordpress-4-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteground.com\/blog\/update-to-wordpress-4-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress 4.4.1 Security &amp; Maintenance Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7678\" src=\"https:\/\/newblog.siteground.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/wp-vulnerabilityfixed.jpg\" alt=\"wp-vulnerabilityfixed\" width=\"660\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new WordPress security update 4.4.1 was announced yesterday. 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