WordPress 2.8.5 released – Security Hardening

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The latest version of WordPress has been thrown out the door and into the hands of WordPress users. This release has been dubbed a security hardening release because more preventive measures have been put in place to make WordPress more secure. [...]

How to Keep WordPress Secure

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A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an upgrade now saves a lot of work fixing something later. [...]

WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release

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WordPress 2.8.4 has been released to the public. This version is to patch a vulnerability that was discovered yesterday. [...]

WordPress 2.8.3 Security Update

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WordPress 2.8.2 is now available. It’s a security upgrade that fixes a possible exploit.

Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has our backs. Several folks in the community dug deeper and discovered areas that were overlooked. [...]

WordPress 2.8.2 Released – Security Fix

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WordPress 2.8.2 is now available. It’s a security upgrade that fixes a possible exploit. [...]

WordPress 2.8.1 Released

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WordPress 2.8.1 is now available to the public and can be downloaded from here. The latest WordPress release includes a number of bug fixes as seen in the list below: 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 [...]

WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1

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Just a quick heads up that WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1 is now available for the final stage of testing. [...]

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2

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2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing. Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1.

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1

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We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8. 2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8. [...]

WordPress 2.8 Released

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WordPress 2.8 (aka Baker) has finally been released onto the world! Premium WordPress Hosting has already been updated to version 2.8 and everything went smooth. [...]

WordPress 2.8 RC 1 is out

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With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete. Download it, test it, and tell us what you think. If you don’t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th. [...]

WordPress 2.8 Beta 2 Released

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If you like to be on the bleeding edge, then here is your chance. WordPress 2.8 Beta 2 has been released with a few new features and bug fixes. [...]