--- title: "TinyMCE 5.8.1" description: "Release notes for TinyMCE 5.8.1" canonical_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/release-notes581/" md_url: "https://www.tiny.cloud/docs/tinymce/5/release-notes581/index.md" version: "5" last_updated: "2024-04-16T01:50:26Z" tokens: 1315 --- Important This page documents TinyMCE 5. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../latest/). # TinyMCE 5.8.1 ## Overview TinyMCE 5.8.1 was released for TinyMCE Enterprise and Tiny Cloud on Wednesday, May 26 th, 2021. It includes TinyMCE 5.8.1 and additional changes to premium plugins. These release notes provide an overview of the changes for TinyMCE 5.8.1, including: - [Accompanying Premium Plugin changes](#accompanying-premium-plugin-changes) - [General bug fixes](#general-bug-fixes) - [Security fixes](#security-fixes) - [Upgrading to the latest version of TinyMCE 5](#upgrading-to-the-latest-version-of-tinymce-5) > **Note:** This is the Tiny Cloud and TinyMCE Enterprise release notes. For information on the latest community version of TinyMCE, see: [TinyMCE Changelog](../changelog/). ## Accompanying Premium Plugin changes The following premium plugin updates were released alongside TinyMCE 5.8.1. ### Advanced Code 2.3.1 The TinyMCE 5.8.1 release includes an accompanying release of the **Advanced Code** premium plugin. **Advanced Code** 2.3.1 includes updates to third-party dependencies, fixing a moderate severity ReDoS vulnerability. For information on the Advanced Code plugin, see: [Advanced Code plugin](../advcode/). ### Export 1.0.1 The TinyMCE 5.8.1 release includes an accompanying release of the **Export** premium plugin. **Export** 1.0.1 fixes an issue where content was lost in the PDF output in some cases due to a compiler issue. For information on the Export plugin, see: [Export plugin](../export/). ### Tiny Drive 1.4.1 The TinyMCE 5.8.1 release includes an accompanying release of **Tiny Drive**. **Tiny Drive** 1.4.1 fixes an issue where the `skin` setting wasn’t working in standalone-mode. For information on Tiny Drive, see: [Tiny Drive](../tinydrive-introduction/). ## General bug fixes TinyMCE 5.8.1 provides fixes for the following bugs: - An unexpected exception was thrown when switching to readonly mode and adjusting the editor width. - Content could be lost when the `pagebreak_split_block` setting was enabled. - The `list-style-type: none;` style on nested list items was incorrectly removed when clearing formatting. - URLs were not always detected when pasting over a selection. Patch contributed by jwcooper. - Properties on the `OpenNotification` event were incorrectly namespaced. ## Security fixes TinyMCE 5.8.1 provides fixes for the following security issues: The **Advanced Code** plugin (`advcode`) has been updated to include upgraded third-party dependencies to fix a moderate severity ReDoS vulnerability. ## Upgrading to the latest version of TinyMCE 5 The procedure for upgrading to the latest version of TinyMCE 5 depends on the deployment type. - [Upgrading Tiny Cloud](#upgradingtinycloud). - [Upgrading TinyMCE Self-hosted manually](#upgradingtinymceself-hostedmanually). ### Upgrading Tiny Cloud Tiny Cloud provides the latest enterprise version of TinyMCE. For information on configuring Tiny Cloud, see: [the Cloud deployment guide](../cloud-deployment-guide/). ### Upgrading TinyMCE Self-hosted manually To upgrade to TinyMCE 5.10 using a manually downloaded package: 1. Backup the `tinymce/` directory so any customizations can be restored after the upgrade. Customizations for TinyMCE are typically stored in the following directories: ```sh tinymce/ ├── icons/ ├── langs/ ├── plugins/ ├── skins/ │ ├── content/ │ └── ui/ └── themes/ ``` 2. Download the latest version of TinyMCE. - For the TinyMCE Community Version, download `tinymce_.zip` from [Get TinyMCE - Self-hosted releases](/get-tiny/self-hosted/), where `` is the latest version of TinyMCE. - For the TinyMCE Enterprise Version, download the **TinyMCE Enterprise Bundle** from [Tiny Account > Downloads](/my-account/downloads/). The downloaded file will be named `enterprise_latest.zip`. 3. Extract the downloaded `.zip` file to a temporary location. 4. (If required) Install the latest language packs from [Get TinyMCE - Language Packages](/get-tiny/language-packages/). 5. Copy customizations to the new `tinymce/` directory. Ensure that *only custom changes* are added the new `tinymce/` directory, such as: - Custom icons packs - Custom plugins - Custom skins - Custom themes 6. Delete the existing `tinymce/` directory and replace with the new `tinymce/`. > **Note:** To simplify the upgrade process to future versions of TinyMCE: > > 1. Host the TinyMCE customizations outside of the `tinymce/` directory. > 2. Update your TinyMCE configuration as required: > > - Set the location of content CSS customizations using [`content_css`](../content-appearance/#content_css). > - Set the location of custom plugins using [`external_plugins`](../integration-and-setup/#external_plugins). > - Set the location of custom icon packages using [`icons_url`](../editor-appearance/#icons_url) instead of `icons`. > - Set the location of custom localization packages using [`language_url`](../content-localization/#language_url) instead of `language`. > - Set the location of custom skin packages using [`skin_url`](../editor-appearance/#skin_url) instead of `skin`. > - Set the location of custom themes using [`theme_url`](../editor-appearance/#theme_url) instead of `theme`.