Bump default theme versions for WordPress 6.9

[sabernhardt]

Bundled themes will need a version bump for the 6.9 release.

Previously:
#63681 - 6.8.2
#62990 - 6.8
#62034 - 6.7
#60701 - 6.6
#59816 - 6.5
#58832 - 6.4
#57857 - 6.3
#57689 - 6.2
#56450 - 6.1
#55754 - 6.0
#54783 - 5.9
#53277 - 5.8
#52704 - 5.7
#51919 - 5.6
#50889 - 5.5
#49743 - 5.4

[sabernhardt]

Except for Twenty Twenty-Three, all of the themes have at least one change (as of today).

[sabernhardt]

#63709 was marked as a duplicate.

Twenty Ten: 4.5
Twenty Eleven: 5.0
Twenty Twelve: 4.7
Twenty Thirteen: 4.5
Twenty Fourteen: 4.4
Twenty Fifteen: 4.1
Twenty Sixteen: 3.7
Twenty Seventeen: 4.0
Twenty Nineteen: 3.2
Twenty Twenty: 3.0
Twenty Twenty-One: 2.7
Twenty Twenty-Two: 2.1
Twenty Twenty-Three: 1.7
Twenty Twenty-Four: 1.4
Twenty Twenty-Five: 1.4

Trac ticket: #60999

I'm not ready to do a thorough review, but I have two comments.

• r60934 added package.json and package-lock.json files to Twenty Twenty-Two and Twenty Twenty-Five, and those also need updates to the version number.
• Twenty Twenty-Three still has no code changes since 1.6. That theme might only have the "Tested up to" version bump, as in r60158, again without packaging a new theme.

All the mentioned feedback has been incorporated in the latest commit.

​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/a44019b4084cf1f20c97189020942383b029234c/src/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/theme-options.php#L421

The dark.css file has been updated with the following changeset:

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/60960

If we respect the commit date of the changeset, the new string will be 20251017. If we respect the 6.9 release date, it will be 20251202.

As far as my research goes, that's all the feedback I have. I would appreciate it if someone more knowledgeable could add further reviews.

​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/a44019b4084cf1f20c97189020942383b029234c/src/wp-content/themes/twentyeleven/inc/theme-options.php#L421

The dark.css file has been updated with the following changeset:

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/60960

If we respect the commit date of the changeset, the new string will be 20251017. If we respect the 6.9 release date, it will be 20251202.

I agree this date should be last modified date. I will update this date.

@shail-mehta, The force push may have caused a regression 😅

Released: December 02, 2025 should be Released: December 2, 2025

Yeah I reverting it

[wildworks]

This ticket was brought up in the 6.9 Bug SCrub today. From what I can see, it's ready to commit, but I'd appreciate some second feedback from someone more knowledgeable.

I’ve gone through the PR, and it looks all set from my side.

[wildworks]

This ticket was brought up in the 6.9 Bug Scrub today again.

I'd like to ping some contributors who have experience with this type of task to get some additional feedback.

cc @sabernhardt @peterwilsoncc @audrasjb @desrosj

[sabernhardt]

PR 10493 already updated the version string for these two stylesheets:

• Twenty Eleven dark.css - 20251017
• Twenty Twelve blocks.css - 20251031

We should also update versions for some JS files and the Genericons stylesheets.

Twenty Thirteen

File	Date
genericons.css	20251101
functions.js	20250727

Twenty Fourteen

File	Date
genericons.css	20251101
functions.js	20250729

Twenty Fifteen

File	Date
genericons.css	20251101
functions.js	20250729
color-scheme-control.js	20250729

Twenty Sixteen

File	Date
genericons.css	20251101

Twenty Seventeen

File	Date
customize-controls.js	20250717

Twenty Nineteen

File	Date
touch-keyboard-navigation.js	20250802
customize-controls.js	20250717

[desrosj]

I've made those adjustments to the PR linked above. I think this is ready to go, but waiting until after RC3 is released in about an hour.

[sabernhardt]

Drafts for the changelogs are on ​https://github.com/WordPress/Documentation-Issue-Tracker/issues/2078

[sabernhardt]

The handbook mentions ​creating POT files for Twenty Ten and Twenty Eleven. Those POT files have not been updated since 2020 ([45289]), and the block patterns added in 2021 ([51103] and [51106]) are translated anyway. However, [60244] made two more strings translatable for Twenty Eleven.

[desrosj]

In 61329:

Bundled Themes: Bump theme versions for release with 6.9.

Changes have been made to each and every default theme during the 6.9 release cycle. This bumps the theme versions as follows to prepare for releasing in coordination with WordPress 6.9:

• Twenty Ten: 4.5
• Twenty Eleven: 5.0
• Twenty Twelve: 4.7
• Twenty Thirteen: 4.5
• Twenty Fourteen: 4.4
• Twenty Fifteen: 4.1
• Twenty Sixteen: 3.7
• Twenty Seventeen: 4.0
• Twenty Nineteen: 3.2
• Twenty Twenty: 3.0
• Twenty Twenty-One: 2.7
• Twenty Twenty-Two: 2.1
• Twenty Twenty-Three: 1.6
• Twenty Twenty-Four: 1.4
• Twenty Twenty-Five: 1.4

Props shailu25, desrosj, mukesh27, sabernhardt, wildworks, umeshsinghin.
Fixes #64069.

[desrosj]

Reopening to backport [61329].

@sabernhardt Sorry, I'm not sure why your comment did not show up when I loaded up this ticket before committing above.

I'm honestly not sure how to make that change because the tools/i18n directory has not existed for some time. I think we should consider possibly removing these POT files in favor of language packs from w.org, but I won't have a chance to look into this before the 6.9 release and I'd like some input form someone more familiar with how those work.

Merged in r61329. Thanks everyone!

[peterwilsoncc]

@desrosj Looks good for merge to the 6.9 branch. Neither Trac nor GitHub are showing the full commit diff due to the size of the change so I reviewed the changes at ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/pull/10493/files

[desrosj]

In 61331:

Bundled Themes: Bump theme versions for release with 6.9.

Changes have been made to each and every default theme during the 6.9 release cycle. This bumps the theme versions as follows to prepare for releasing in coordination with WordPress 6.9:

• Twenty Ten: 4.5
• Twenty Eleven: 5.0
• Twenty Twelve: 4.7
• Twenty Thirteen: 4.5
• Twenty Fourteen: 4.4
• Twenty Fifteen: 4.1
• Twenty Sixteen: 3.7
• Twenty Seventeen: 4.0
• Twenty Nineteen: 3.2
• Twenty Twenty: 3.0
• Twenty Twenty-One: 2.7
• Twenty Twenty-Two: 2.1
• Twenty Twenty-Three: 1.6
• Twenty Twenty-Four: 1.4
• Twenty Twenty-Five: 1.4

Reviewed by peterwilsoncc.
Merges [61329] to the 6.9 branch.

Props shailu25, desrosj, mukesh27, sabernhardt, wildworks, umeshsinghin, peterwilsoncc.
Fixes #64069.