An update to the popular WordPress blogging platform has just been released. The announcement should appear in the admin interface of the WordPress blog. If it does not check the Updates entry on the left sidebar of the admin menu. According to the developers, WordPress 3.0.5 is a ” security hardening update for all previous [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WordPress 3.0.4 Released, Fixes Critical Security Vulnerability
An update to the popular blogging platform WordPress has just been released that fixes a critical security vulnerability in the software. WordPress 3.0.4 is already available for download at the official website and through the updating options on installed WordPress blogs. The update is currently not announced on the frontpage of the admin interface which [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WordPress 3.03 Security Update Released
Why is it that WordPress updates are always released the minute before I want to go to bed? WordPress has just released a new update that brings the version of their popular blogging platform to 3.03. The update is a security update which makes it a mandatory update for all WordPress webmasters hosting blogs on [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WordPress 3.02 Security Update Released
The WordPress developers have just released a security update to the popular blogging platform. WordPress admins should see the update notification in the admin interface. To install the WordPress update they can either download it manually from the WordPress website, upload it to their ftp and perform the necessary steps to update the platform or [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 8
WordPress 3.01 Released, Update Now
Nothing’s more refreshing than receiving a notification of a WordPress update the minuted before going to bed. WordPress updates are serious, most of the time. Not updating the blog immediately could leave it open for exploits, and malicious users could do many bad things with that new found power. WordPress 3.01 has been released a [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WordPress 2.9.2 Released
An update for the blogging script WordPress has just been released by the development team. The update fixes a security vulnerability that was previously reported by Thomas Mackenzie on his personal blog. The vulnerability affects all WordPress installations with the version number 2.9.0 or later. Previous WordPress installations are not affected by the vulnerability (but [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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WordPress 2.9.1 Released
Less than three weeks after the release of the much awaited WordPress 2.9 release milestone comes WordPress 2.9.1, a release that was expected by many because of bugs that some WordPress webmasters encountered after upgrading to or installing WordPress 2.9. The most notable – and annoying bug – was that WordPress seemed to have problems [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 4
WordPress 2.9 Released
The WordPress developers have released version 2.9 of their popular blogging script WordPress which can be downloaded from the official WordPress website. Users who have configured automatic updates can also upgrade to the new version of WordPress from within their blogs. It is however recommended to backup the files and database before initiating the update. [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
- Comments: 5
WordPress 2.8.6 Security Update
The WordPress developers have just released a security update for their blogging platform WordPress which raises the version of the software to 2.8.6. It is always recommended to update to a new version of WordPress as soon as possible and especially so for a security release. This release fixes two vulnerabilities that are only relevant [...]
