diff --git a/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php b/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
index 93d74b5d1c..eeafca44f7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
+++ b/wp-includes/html-api/class-wp-html-processor.php
@@ -276,18 +276,19 @@ class WP_HTML_Processor extends WP_HTML_Tag_Processor {
* - The only supported document encoding is `UTF-8`, which is the default value.
*
* @since 6.4.0
+ * @since 6.6.0 Returns `static` instead of `self` so it can create subclass instances.
*
* @param string $html Input HTML fragment to process.
* @param string $context Context element for the fragment, must be default of ``.
* @param string $encoding Text encoding of the document; must be default of 'UTF-8'.
- * @return WP_HTML_Processor|null The created processor if successful, otherwise null.
+ * @return static|null The created processor if successful, otherwise null.
*/
public static function create_fragment( $html, $context = '', $encoding = 'UTF-8' ) {
if ( '' !== $context || 'UTF-8' !== $encoding ) {
return null;
}
- $processor = new self( $html, self::CONSTRUCTOR_UNLOCK_CODE );
+ $processor = new static( $html, self::CONSTRUCTOR_UNLOCK_CODE );
$processor->state->context_node = array( 'BODY', array() );
$processor->state->insertion_mode = WP_HTML_Processor_State::INSERTION_MODE_IN_BODY;
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index efdace903b..b9ad2cc932 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
*
* @global string $wp_version
*/
-$wp_version = '6.6-beta1-58362';
+$wp_version = '6.6-beta1-58363';
/**
* Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.