WordPress 2.8.1 and the Plugin Competition
WordPress 2.8.1 has been released today. WordPress 2.8.1 fixes several bugs and also a minor security risk that was reported by Core Security Technologies. Changes in WordPress 2.8.1 over 2.8: 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 [...]
We're now on WordPress 2.7
We're finally running on WordPress 2.7. I also plan on changing the theme that this blog is running to one more suited for a technology blog. I'm still working on the details. Have narrowed in on a few themes for this purpose. What remains is customization to accommodate all the features we have out here. [...]
Start afresh with WordPress
Jeffro raised a point of reformating your blog for WordPress 2.7. I've been blogging with WordPress since late 2003 and have been the blog software go through tonnes of upgrades. Over time, the use of tonnes of plugins and themes has caused my database to get extremely cluttered, so I decided to start afresh with [...]
WordPress 2.6.3 to 2.6.5 Update File
The latest WordPress update fixes one security problem and three bugs. The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. The first fix prevents accidentally saving post meta information to a revision. The second prevents XML-RPC from fetching incorrect post types. The third adds some user [...]
WordPress 2.6.2 to 2.6.3 Update File
The WordPress team has been quick to act on a vulnerability in the Snoopy library that was announced today. 2.6.3 is available for download. Only two files have been updated and as usual I've made a single file that you can use to upgrade your WordPress 2.6.2 installation to 2.6.3. Download the file below and [...]
