If you read this blog regularly (or even semi-regularly) you will know that I recommend upgrading WordPress whenever the dashboard tells you to. Quite apart from grabbing the latest features built into the latest releases, you also pick up any patches and security updates. If internet history tells us nothing else, it tells us that [...]
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WordPress 2.6.3
When I dipped in to upgrade some plugins this evening, my dashboard kindly told me that I needed to upgrade from WordPress 2.6.2 to WordPress 2.6.3. Get the latest version here. In short, it seems that the library used to fetch the dashboards feeds, named Snoopy, has a vulnerability and this upgrade fixes that. So, [...]
WordPress 2.6.2
Another quick heads up peeps. WordPress 2.6.2 is out and you should update ASAP – especially if you allow registrations on your blog. See the WordPress Dev Blog for details, but in short the new update fixes the SQL Column Truncation vulnerability and the weakness of mt_rand(). Apparently other PHP apps are vulnerable too – [...]
WordPress.org 2.6.1
Quick Note: WordPress 2.6.1 is out. If you are running an older version, especially if you haven’t even gone to 2.6.0 yet, you should upgrade – you’re missing out on new functionality and you may be at risk of having your site taken over. Things to remember when upgrading: deactivate your plugins first, not all [...]
WordPress 2.6 & Spam Karma 2
It’s been a while since I wrote anything here, but here are two important announcements for anyone running the .org version of WordPress. Firstly, WordPress 2.6 is now out. There are, as usual, lots of new things in this release and they ae all listed here. One thing I noticed is that I have had [...]
CommentLuv
Anyone who has commented on any of my posts will be aware that I have the CommentLuv plugin enabled on this site. And lots of thanks to RT Cunningham of Untwisted Vortex for putting me onto this plugin. You could do a lot worse than follow his advice on building SEO for your site. For [...]