Resolved · lasted 17 h
WordPress outage on October 21
Reports for WordPress jumped to 488 an hour and stayed high for 17 h.
- Started
- 11:00 AM
- October 21, 2026 · UTC
- Back to normal
- 4:00 AM
- 17 h later
- Peak
- 488/hr
- 244× normal
- WordPress’s incident
- 14 h 09 min
- PHP Critical Security Updates
Reports during the outage
9:00 AM5:50 AM UTC
What WordPress said
status.automattic.comResolved10/21/2026, 2:00 PM – 10/22/2026, 4:08 AM · 14 h 09 min
PHP Critical Security Updates
- Resolved · 4:08 AM
The incident has been resolved.
- Monitoring · 2:00 PM
We are aware of the PHP security updates announced today and your sites are protected. Automattic worked closely with the PHP Security team to ensure that all sites hosted on our platform were protected as soon as possible. We have posted additional information on our website.
WordPress posted its first update 3 h after reports started rising.
What people said
- jaunyitChihuahua, MX · 5:55 PM
No carga
1 comments during the outage
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