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WordPress 3.0.2 Available

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WordPress 3.0.2 is now available as a mandatory security release. More from the WordPress blog:

WordPress 3.0.2 is available and is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions. Haiku has become traditional:

Fixed on day zero
One-click update makes you safe
This used to be hard

This maintenance release fixes a moderate security issue that could allow a malicious Author-level user to gain further access to the site, addresses a handful of bugs, and provides some additional security enhancements. Big thanks to Vladimir Kolesnikov for detailed and responsible disclosure of the security issue!

Download 3.0.2 or update automatically from the Dashboard > Updates menu in your site’s admin area. You should update immediately even if you do not have untrusted users.

Is your WordPress version up to date?

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Do you realise how many WordPress installations running out there are running on old versions of WordPress? There are many out there and being on an older version exposes you to different exploits and other baddies out there. Upgrades are like vitamins for WordPress, you need them to stay healthy. Newer versions of WordPress even have an upgrade functionality built into them, so there’s no reason why you shouldn’t do it.

So, check out the version of WordPress you’re on. If you’re not on v2.9.2 at the moment, then you need to upgrade. If you are, it will let you know when there’s a new version out!

Upgraded to WordPress 3.0 Beta 2

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I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 and I must say, there are a couple of great improvements in this new feature. I haven’t tried out all the new features, but the ones I tried are working very nicely. So far I’ve tried custom posts (new plugin in the pipeline) and I’ve also converted Arthur’s First Steps into a WordPress Multisite installation down at The Owenson Kids.

It’s great when you get new features like that free. A software upgrade can open the door to a whole bunch of functionality you get for free. It doesn’t matter if you have a website dedicated to your family, or to apidexin reviews, you get all this stuff for free when you upgrade to the next version.

WordPress 2.9.1

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WordPress 2.9.1 is out and about and a good idea to upgrade to. It’s mainly a service release that fixes some niggles with v2.9, so it’s really up to you if you want to upgrade from 2.9 or not. I personally always move up to the latest version, after all, it’s pretty easy to do nowadays, nothing like trying to get the best life insurance on the market huh. All you need to do is go to Tools and click Upgrade and off you go.

Kids have it so easy nowadays huh?

WordPress 2.9 Beta 2

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WordPress 2.9 Beta 2 has just been made available and I’ve rolled it out to this blog. Here’s what we know about it:

WordPress 2.9 is currently in beta and is expected to be ready in several weeks.

Major new features for developers:
- comments meta table
- improved support for custom post types
- register_theme_directory() for additional theme locations
- back-ported JSON encode/decode for both PHP and JavaScript

and for users:
- oEmbed support
- “Trash” for posts, pages and comments
- post thumbnails support
- basic image editor

I’ve deployed it on this blog and it seems to be running really nicely. I look forward to having a play with it and reporting what I find. It beats looking around the web for medical coding training courses doesn’t it?

WordPress 2.8.5 is here

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I loaded my blog today to find that there’s a brand new release for WordPress. It’s only a point release, but this release has a huge amount of security fixes in, so it’s worth upgrading as soon as you can. The great thing with the recent versions of WordPress is that upgrading is a smooth and easy process; and this was just as easy for me as it could be. Couple of clicks, waited for a few minutes and bam, I’m on the latest version. Here are some of the things fixed in this release:

  • A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
  • Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
  • Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
  • Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

So whether you have a joke blog, or one which focuses on equestrian apparel; just go ahead and upgrade as soon as you can.

If your WordPress up to date?

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Is your WordPress installation up to date? If it’s not, you’ll get a constant warning message on every page telling you that you need to upgrade. And upgrading is really easy on the later versions too. There’s no messing around with uploads, WordPress does it all for you. So there’s really no excuse for not being up to date, it’s easier than applying the best best eye cream you can buy.

So, what’s the reason I’m making this point? Well a few days ago a worm was making the rounds and affecting a number of WordPress installations that hadn’t been upgraded to the latest version. There’s a great post about security down on the WordPress blog. Have a good read and make sure your blogs are all up to date.

What’s coming in WordPress 2.9

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An interesting point on the WordPress blog talks about what WordPress users want to see in version 2.9. The requests came in through a survey that users were invited to answer to allow the development team to prioritise what features they wanted to see in the next version of WordPress. There are some nice new features in there, with a lot of people voting for Media Albums and lots of people wanting to see the media features implemented in the WordPress core as opposed to a separate plugin.

Personally I’m a bit reluctant to see the core getting heavier with functionality that won’t be used by everyone, but gauging by the amount of people wanting these media features maybe that’s the best place to put them. I mean, a blog about free online auctions would probably use media quite intensively, but one talking about grammatical nuances of the English language probably wouldn’t. Still, happy to go with the majority on this one. Go crowd!

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2

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Looks like there’s been another public drop of WordPress 2.8.1 labelled Beta 2, as more issues with the 2.8 release are quashed. Here are some of the things that have been fixed in this release:

  • Translation of role names fixed
  • wp_page_menu() defaults to sorting by the user specified menu order rather than the page title
  • Upload error messages are now correctly reported
  • Autosave error experienced by some IE users is fixed
  • Styling glitch in the plugin editor fixed
  • SSH2 filesystem requirements updated
  • Switched back to curl as the default transport
  • Updated the translation library to avoid a problem with mbstring.func_overload

There’s a warning on the release post for plugin authors to make sure they test their plugins with this release, so there may be some bits that have changed or been refined in some of the hooks or API that WordPress exposes. So, if you have a plugin that lets you reply to comments, or send out Halloween invitations, then make sure you test it well just to make sure it works fine.

Blog update to 2.7.1 – One touch success!

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I’ve just upgraded this blog to 2.7.1 and it’s the easiest upgrade I’ve ever done!. Thanks to WordPress’ One-Touch Upgade .. here’s what the upgrade looked like:

Upgrade WordPress

Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.7.1.zip

Unpacking the core update

Verifying the unpacked files

Installing the latest version

Upgrading database

WordPress upgraded successfully

Done! If I had live video streaming services, I would have actually done a “Live Update”, but as I don’t, I might actually record a short snippet of the upgrade happening (for posterity). Anyway, WP 2.7.1 has a few bug fixes, but you may not notice too much of a difference.