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[Closed] Suggestion: Separate Security Fixes from Feature Updates

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Last updated by Laura 10 months ago.

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April 29, 2025 at 7:43 am #16977536

Reinhold

Background of the issue:
Hi WPML team,

I noticed that today's update for WPML Multilingual CMS included both new features and a security fix related to the language switcher.

While we really appreciate your ongoing improvements, I’d like to suggest that in the future, security patches be released separately from feature updates. In many setups (including ours), we have a defined waiting period before applying feature updates – typically around 7 days – to avoid unexpected issues in production environments.

However, for security-related updates, we prefer to act immediately. Releasing them independently would make it much easier and safer for us to apply important fixes without delay.

Thanks for considering this!
Best regards

Symptoms:
No specific issue or error message mentioned.

Questions:
Can security patches be released separately from feature updates?
April 30, 2025 at 1:09 pm #16984074

Laura
WPML Supporter since 05/2018

Languages: English (English ) Italian (Italiano )

Timezone: Europe/Rome (GMT+01:00)

Hi, thanks for contacting us.

I passed your request to the devs.

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