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WordPress 2.8.5 Another Security Release

Jeff — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:49:31 +0000

Most of you that frequent your self-hosted WordPress site should be well aware of the new version, 2.8.5 now available. As with all incremental security releases, it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible.

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Another Security Release WordPress 2.8.4

Jeff — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:44:34 +0000

Well it seems to be almost a weekly upgrade for WordPress version 2.8. Here we are at 2.8.4 which is another security upgrade. This one addressing a vulnerability where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. Or in other words do the upgrade!

WordPress Upgrade Error Allowed Memory Size Exhausted

Jeff — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:08:11 +0000

WordPress version 2.8.2 came out very soon after 2.8.1, and might have been done so hastily in order to address some security settings. It seems a new problem has been pretty common with the automatic upgrade feature of WordPress 2.8.1.

WordPress Upgrade Precautions

Jeff — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:13:45 +0000

It seems one thing is constant with WordPress and that is regular updates. Along with fixing and adding new functionality, security is one of the main reasons for updates to the WordPress core. To keep WordPress as secure as possible and to stay a step ahead of the hackers you should keep your WordPress sites up to date.