What's new?

Version 6.16.0

Cloud release: August 12, 2026 Self-hosted version: August 13, 2026

⚠️ Important change for self-hosted customers Starting with v6.16.0, self-hosted customers must reactivate their license after each WProofreader version upgrade.

Key updates:

• Introduced a new v4 license format with product grants, usage limits, and version restrictions

• Added the new license_status command and improved license expiration reporting and warnings

• Updated the third-party grammar engine (LanguageTool) to the 2026-08-03 release

• Expanded spelling dictionaries with 1,960+ new words across nine languages

• Updated the English style guide with new rules for sensitive language and disability-inclusive wording

• Addressed a high-severity security vulnerability CVE-2026-40984 in a LanguageTool dependency

For full details, see the release notes.