WordPress 2.3 which contains native support for tagging has finally been released.
I’m thrilled to announce that Version 2.3 “Dexter” of WordPress is now ready for the world. This release includes native tagging support, plugin update notification, URL handling improvements, and much more. This release is named for the great tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
Before upgrading [...]
The past 3 months developers of the WordPress blogging software platform have been working on the next version of WordPress, 2.3. Today another 2.2 series, the 2.2.3 was released.
2.2.3 is a security and bug-fix release for the 2.2 series. Since this is a security release, we suggest you upgrade immediately. Two of the fixes [...]
Two security-related WordPress releases are available for both users of the main 2.2 branch and the legacy 2.0 branch. As these releases include only security and minor bugfixes they should not cause any plugin or theme compatibility issues.
WordPress 2.2.2 marks the eighth WordPress release this year.
Read more about WordPress 2.2.2. or see the Digg.com story
WordPress 2.2.1 was released yesterday. The new version of the popular blogging software is said to be a bug fix release for the 2.2 series. WordPress 2.2.1 addresses these vulnerabilities:
Remote shell injection in PHPMailer
Remote SQL injection in XML-RPC Discovered by Alexander Concha
Unescaped attribute in default theme
As almost always, upgrading is recommended. WordPress 2.2.1 is [...]
WordPress 2.2 has been officially released. It is a significant update including widgets by default, a blogger importer, and even more features and general optimizations. From WordPress.org:
On behalf of the entire WordPress team, I’m proud and excited to announce the immediate availability of version 2.2 “Getz” for download. This version includes a number of new [...]
Security update releases are now available for the 2.1 and 2.0 versions of the WordPress blogging software. Download the files at WordPress.org. The 2.1.3 WordPress update is highly recommended for all users of both versions.
We have a security update release now available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate [...]
Anyone who has used the WordPress blogging software is likely to have a favorite plugin or two and very likely the desire to want to experiment with more plugins for expanded functionality. Previously there was no official central plugin database in the WordPress world. Now the WordPress extend section has a “brand new plugin directory [...]
In some lovely irony, Amy Armitage (her job is to sell web hosting) from Lunarpages tells us why web hosts suck. And she doesn’t give just a few reasons, but 60 reasons. Apparently, web hosts really have a lot of room to improve. The reasons go from not at all uncommon (constantly having to repeat [...]
Yesterday, WordPress users cringed when they saw these words posted within the blogging platform’s dashboard:
WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2
It was reported that a hacker managed to sneak into the Wordpress server and modify the code in the 2.1.1 release, introducing an exploit that would allow for remote PHP execution. Although the 2.1.1 package does [...]
Matt Mullenweg has posted two new releases of the well known WordPress blogging software. Mr. Mullenweg writes that the releases include both fixes and security enhancements for both versions. Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. Version 2.0.9 only includes the security update.
We’ve [...]
