WordPress 2.9 Released

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The long awaited WordPress 2.9 has finally been released upon the masses. This release is called “Carmen” and is named in honor of jazz vocalist Carmen McRae.

Version 2.9 includes a number of new features including a basic image editing tool, trash bin and simpler video embeds. [...]

WordPress 2.8.6 Available – Security Fixes

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The Wordpress developers have just released a security update for their very popular blogging platform. The following announcement was made on the WordPress.org blog: [...]

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 [...]