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Upgrade WordPress – Now!

by Morgan on October 20, 2009

WordPress 2.8.5 is now out and if you haven’t upgraded yet, like the title says – upgrade WordPress – now! I have around thirty sites that run WordPress so upgrading for me is a bit of a laborious project. If you only have one or two WordPress sites get them upgraded ASAP.

So why would you want to upgrade? Here’s a list of the main changes in this release:

  • A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
  • Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
  • Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
  • Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

Upgrading software is one of the most overlooked security provisions. Most people don’t think about this until it is too late. If you want to hear a first-person account of this just read my post from last month when my blog was hacked: My Blog has been Hacked!

It’s not too late – upgrade WordPress – now!

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  1. 3 Ways to Secure Your WordPress Blog
  2. My Blog has been Hacked!
  3. 4 Plugins to Secure WordPress
  4. What do WordPress and the iPhone have in Common?
  5. Blog Redesign: From TypePad to WordPress

Tagged as: Blogging, wordpress

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  • http://www.mojitos.org Mojito

    Is there a way to automate upgrades?

  • Morgan

    Good question! I’ve never looked-into – does anyone else know? That would be very useful – I like the way you think :)

  • http://godrops.com Jason from GoDrops.com

    If you’re running multiple blogs (10 or more), then it probably makes sense to use WPMU. To upgrade all your blogs, just unzip the new wordpress archive into your current install location and run the [upgrade] option from the admin menu… done and done.

  • http://www.wcqj.com/ bobsyouruncle
  • Morgan

    Perfect – thanks for sharing!

  • Morgan

    Very cool – didn’t know something like this existing! Thanks! Who knew I could learn so much from my own post!! :)

  • http://www.domainerincome.com Domaining

    The auto upgrade function is very easy. If you plan on going to WordPress MU then be sure to check the compatibility of your plugins beforehand.

  • http://www.themepremium.com Harsh Agrawal

    Saw this update Yesterday and the first thing which I did
    was Backup my Db and updated the wordpress. Though wordpress are releasing very quick update.. :|

  • Morgan

    I know – they really have been releasing a lot of updates lately!! Hard to keep-up!

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