Archive for the ‘WordPress’ Category

Version 2.9 of WordPress was released on Saturday. The new version includes a trash feature, a built-in image editor, plugin compatibility checking, and support for the embedding content using the oEmbed standard. With trash feature posts and comments that are deleted will be placed in a trash folder instead being completely deleted. The image editor [...]

WordPress 2.8.5 was released yesterday, which includes a fix for a denial-of-service (DoS) attack and a number of changes that removed code that could potentially be used to hack into WordPress. The denial-of-service attack utilizes specially crafted trackbacks that cause WordPress to use a significant amount of processing power when they are processed which could [...]

Following less than two weeks after the release WordPress 2.8.1, which fixed a potentially serious security vulnerability, a new version has been released to patch another potentially serious security vulnerability. In versions before 2.8.2, comment author URLs were not fully sanitized which could lead to a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. When viewing a page in [...]

WordPress 2.8.1, which fixes a number of problems with 2.8 and addresses a potentially serious security vulnerability, was released yesterday. The problems that were fixed were causing serious problems for some users.  A work around was created so that some templates that were not working due how they called get_categories(). Dashboard memory usage was reduced [...]

The finalized version of WordPress 2.8 was released today. The changes made include better widgets, a theme browser/installer, performance upgrades, and over 790 bug fixes. The widget admin interface has been changed to allow for making immediate edits to widgets, having multiple copies of widgets, and the ability to save settings for inactive widgets. A [...]

The first beta of WordPress 2.8 was released on Saturday according to a post on the WordPress Blog. The new version features a new widget API that should lead to better widgets, a theme browser/installer and performance upgrades. Only minor changes have been made to the interface, following the major changes that occurred in the [...]

The finalized version of WordPress 2.7 was released yesterday, coming one day after the second release candidate. The most visible change in 2.7 is the admin interface, which has received a new look and is highly customizable. The new Quick Edit option in the Edit Posts page allows for changing quickly changing posts titles, categories, [...]

The first release candidate of WordPress 2.7 was released today according to a post on the WordPress Development Blog. According to the post, 2.7′s new administrative interface has been polished and 2.7′s new icons have been added since the third beta version of 2.7 was released. The post also says that this version is ready [...]

The first beta of WordPress 2.7 was released on Saturday according to a post on the WordPress Development Blog. The most significant change in 2.7 is a redesigned administrative interface, which according to the posting is almost in its final form in the first beta. The new version will also include automatic updating, comment threading, [...]

The developer of WordPress, Automattic, has acquired enhanced comment tool IntenseDebate according a article by CNET News. IntenseDebate replaces a blogs standard comment system with a system that allows for email replies, reputation, ranking, and centralized control across several sites. The tool will likely be integrated into self-hosted and WordPress.com hosted WordPress blogs in the [...]