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WordPress 2.8.3

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Hot on the heels of WordPress 2.8.2 comes WordPress 2.8.3. It has a collection of security fixes which had been missed on the initial security release. Sometimes it feels like a product is being chased by one of those Tennessee injury lawyers, they try to get out a bit too quickly, and miss some of the important points.

Anyway, as they’re security fixes, it makes sense to try and upgrade as soon as possible. The great thing is that with the inbuilt upgrade facility, it’s just a doddle to do. Read about WordPress 2.8.3 here.

WordPress 2.8.1

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Here’s one we’ve been waiting for for a couple of weeks. WordPress 2.8 brought about a number of improvements, but also introduced some bugs that needed fixing. A number of people I knew had theme issues (including Link4Business), and I knew a few who had problems with the dashboard running out of memory, including one apidexin reviews site. Anyway, 2.8.1 has a number of improvements and bug fixes including the following:

  • Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these themes won’t have to change.
  • Dashboard memory usage is reduced. Some people were running out of memory when loading the dashboard, resulting in an incomplete page.
  • The automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade.
  • A problem where the rich text editor wasn’t being loaded due to compression issues has been worked around.
  • Extra security has been put in place to better protect you from plugins that do not do explicit permission checks.

There are other fixes, but those are headline ones. So go ahead and download it!

WP Super Cache 0.9

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There’s been a new release of one of the more awesome plugins around: WP Super Cache. In case you’ve never come across it, it gives WordPress a boost by preparing static versions of pages when they are called so that the next time a user visits the site they don’t have to be generated again by WordPress. It’s one of the recomendations if you’re running a High Performance WordPress installation and absolutely indispensable if your server is struggling under the load (More indispensible that weight loss pills for a an overweight hippo!)

The new version has a number of bug fixes and also some new features, like the ability to detect mobile devices and serve them a separate page (allowing mobile plugins to work properly) and some improved efficiencies around cached page storage and garbage collection. If you’re blog is slow, check it out!

WordPress 2.7 – this weekend?

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I heard a rumour on Twitter that WordPress 2.7 might just come out this weekend, but so far nothing of the sort has happened. Seeing that WordPress 2.6.5 was released just a couple of days ago, I don’t have high hopes that it will happen.

WordPress 2.7 beta 3 has been running like a dream since I installed it. Granted I did have a server upgrade in the meantime, which meant a faster disk/processor and a memory upgrade but I haven’t had any software issues or met any bugs since I installed it. Pretty impressive I thought!

Upgraded to WordPress 2.7 Beta 1

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I’ve just found out that WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 has been released and I promptly downloaded it to have a play. I must say, it looks really pretty, and looks as chic as maxim lighting. I’m not sure what functionality has been rolled out, but the first thing you notice is the brand new administration interface. It’s packed with new things and lets you drag things around and choose what you want to see and what you don’t.

It looks like WordPress 2.7, which was originally scheduled to be released on November 10th, is going to slip by 2 weeks. It’s a shame, but better to make sure it’s all hunky dory before releasing it to the public.

Good work guys!

WordPress 2.6 almost here

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WordPress 2.6 is heading this way, with some interesting new features. It’s not as big a change as 2.5 but there are some new features that will be quite useful. The biggest change is tha ability for WordPress to keep previous versions of posts and pages, and show differences between revisions. This should make it easier for your to control your blog, especially if you have multiple authors. There’s also an integrated Word Count which means one plugin less for me to need on all my installations.