WordPress 2.8.1 Already Released

Posted by Jeff

on July 11, 2009

It didn’t take long for the bugs to get reported and fixed or worked around in WordPress version 2.8. Below is the release right from the WordPress website. It suggests that you upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.1 as soon as possible to be safe. But I have already found a bug that will block assess to the AdSense Deluxe plugin leaving me to wonder what else is wrong? So I don’t know about this version, I guess upgrade at your own risk or wait it out.

WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that admin pages added by certain plugins could be viewed by unprivileged users, resulting in information being leaked. Not all plugins are vulnerable to this problem, but we advise upgrading to 2.8.1 to be safe.

What else is new since 2.8? Read through the highlights below, or view all changes since 2.8

Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these themes won’t have to change.

Dashboard memory usage is reduced. Some people were running out of memory when loading the dashboard, resulting in an incomplete page.

The automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade.

A problem where the rich text editor wasn’t being loaded due to compression issues has been worked around.

Extra security has been put in place to better protect you from plugins that do not do explicit permission checks.

Translation of role names fixed.

wp_page_menu() defaults to sorting by the user specified menu order rather than the page title.

Upload error messages are now correctly reported.

Autosave error experienced by some IE users is fixed.

Styling glitch in the plugin editor fixed.

SSH2 filesystem requirements updated.

Switched back to curl as the default transport.

Updated the translation library to avoid a problem with mbstring.func_overload.

Stricter inline style sanitization.

Stricter menu security.

Disabled code highlighting due to browser incompatibilities.

RTL layout fixes.

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Comment by Haris on July 11, 2009 @ 12:25 pm

thanks for the details. i just upgraded to 2.8.1 two days ago. and didn’t have any problem at all. i don’t really sea the difference from the previous one, though.

Comment by Zhu on July 11, 2009 @ 11:45 pm

Once again, I’d wait to upgrade. I’m reading way too much problems here and there… but hey, I might just be chicken!

talia Replied:
July 17th, 2009 at 1:40 am

I just recently upgraded to a newer version of Wordpress but I don’t think it is this latest one. All I know is that I LOVE it, it’s a huge improvement over the last one I had. Much more organized and clean, and I can do so many other things now. Amazing.

Comment by Rocky on July 12, 2009 @ 2:09 am

Yes i have asked by coder to upgrade my theme of WP to the new version. I hope that there won’t be any bugs in it. If it is so then it would be a great news.

Comment by Bonusjakt on July 12, 2009 @ 8:31 am

It is scary that they release updates with so many bugs. Was the automatic upgrade plugin deleting random files?? I have been using it a lot and I wonder what files I could be missing then.

Comment by brandveiligheid on July 12, 2009 @ 5:29 pm

I used to skip 3 to 4 updates, till i upgraded again, but with the new automatic update, it is just so simple. So this one was on my nserver the day they released it

Comment by Tile Cleaning Kansas City on July 13, 2009 @ 12:16 am

Great write-up. I had some issues with the previous update, so I think I’m going to wait it out for a while. Seems like all I do now is update wordpress.

Comment by Boris @ Arizona SEO Services on July 13, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

Our blog was recently hacked so I have been patiently waiting for this new version. I will not upgrade to the newest version due to bugs. I wait until the .1 version comes out. I am upgrading this week.

Comment by Donnie @ Chattanooga SEO on July 14, 2009 @ 2:12 am

Looks like some important patches. A few of these should have been handled in the .0 release. Too many patches too often. I’m hoping that Wordpress will get good enough that these patches slow down and address security issues only.

Comment by UK Passport on July 14, 2009 @ 4:31 am

Still WPCache isn’t part of the central system…..

Comment by Jimson on July 14, 2009 @ 7:01 am

I have upgraded my word press blog to the new version but with it i have some doubts would there be any problem related to it’s addons & other plugins!

Comment by sql server hosting on July 14, 2009 @ 2:59 pm

i also upgraded to wp 2.8 , although there is not much difference in the features but i think this upgrade has more to do with the internal security features , and those are not visible outside and i heard about improved ajax navigation

Comment by Daniel da Silva' on July 15, 2009 @ 7:56 am

yes i agree to you about it it is really a great version i upgraded to it my blog looks very nice without having any problem!

Comment by Andy on July 15, 2009 @ 10:55 am

I have just updated my word press but i didnt find that big change, but still its working superbly:D

Comment by lada on July 16, 2009 @ 2:07 am

I must upgrade my blog

Comment by Snuggie Pattern on July 16, 2009 @ 3:22 am

I’m glad they keep updating it relatively frequent. It keeps getting better and better.

Comment by Odzysk Danych on July 16, 2009 @ 5:16 am

I upgraded as soon as possible because when I can choose between being safe or losing some functionality I’d rather be safe. Even if it means that some of the stuff will cause problems.

Comment by Outsourcing Software Development on July 17, 2009 @ 9:41 am

Great insights! I have updated my blog recently. It looks like pretty good. Thanks for this information.

Comment by Juicy Couture on July 17, 2009 @ 3:57 pm

I love Wordpress, but the updates do happen a little frequently for my taste. I understand that it’s needed and appreciate the effort and speed, but plugins and themes get broken so often and we end up wasting time making stuff work again. Ah well.

Comment by markus on July 18, 2009 @ 7:35 am

yeah i agree to you the new version is quite rocking i am fan of it so much features & good style also!thanks for it1i upgraded it to my blog!

Comment by mike on July 18, 2009 @ 4:59 pm

like to upgrade my blog list

Comment by Kurt Avish on July 19, 2009 @ 1:49 pm

After switching from wp2.7 to wp2.8 I encountered a whole mess. Really. About 4 plugins that I depend on a lot stopped to work. And somehow even supercache got corrupted.

It got fixed and now I am in a paranoiac state to upgrade to 2.8.1

Comment by sulumits retsambew on July 20, 2009 @ 2:22 am

i have been upgraded and they have a new great admin tools.

Comment by SEO Blog on July 20, 2009 @ 12:55 pm

But now Wordpress 2.8.2 already released too

Jeff Replied:
July 20th, 2009 at 2:30 pm

I figured that wouldn’t take long. I think I am going to wait this one out for a week or so.

Comment by Investment Property on July 20, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

I have installed wordpress 2.8.1, but I lost my themes. The theme can not be viewed. Is everybody having the same problem?

And now wp 2.8.2 has been released.

Jeff Replied:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:14 pm

I have seen a custom default theme get replaced with the normal default theme. If you customized the default theme and didn’t rename it or at least have a backup it could be history for good. The only possibility is contact your hosting account and see if they can restore a backup of your site priopr to the upgrade.

Always, always, always make a backup of your files before any upgrade.

Comment by Buenos Aires Apartments on July 21, 2009 @ 1:48 pm

But you have lost them or you just cannot see them?

Comment by Investment Property on July 22, 2009 @ 12:42 am

I have made the backup. I don’t lose the contents. The problem is my blog has no theme now, it looks ugly just all white in the background. And I don’t know how to fix it.

Comment by Alnect Komputer on July 22, 2009 @ 10:32 am

Wordpress run so fast
Right now wp 2.8.2 have been released, but I myself still use wp 2.8

Comment by Nieruchomosci Gryfino on July 23, 2009 @ 5:21 am

Well they did some fix up and some add-ons. My WordPress is not running so fast but I got old and slow hardware so… Maybe that’s the clue Guess its high time for an uppgrade (not only WP but also my equipment).

Comment by music videos on July 23, 2009 @ 7:25 am

hey thanks for the details. I didn’t know about it at all. would check it out soon.

Comment by raman on July 23, 2009 @ 2:20 pm

Comment by Vinoth on July 26, 2009 @ 2:48 am

They also fixed a Cross Side Scripting vulnerability in the new verision

Comment by video editing on July 29, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

wow ! great work, My website is currently running on Wordpress 2.7.The newer version, 2.8 has just been released and I want to switch…and keep all of my settings, files, plugins, themes, ect.Is there anyway to do this?
Thanks!

Jeff Replied:
July 29th, 2009 at 1:52 pm

Upgrade it.

Comment by Paycheck Loans VA on August 13, 2009 @ 5:21 am

“WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages.”

This is such a great tip especially for someone like me who encounters bugs and I do not know how to fix them.

Comment by about myself on August 13, 2009 @ 9:52 am

“The automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade.”

Thanks for the details. I just upgraded to 2.8. and I am not having problems at all. One thing though, I don’t really see the difference from the previous one I was using.

Comment by Paycheck Loans CA on August 13, 2009 @ 9:21 pm

“But I have already found a bug that will block assess to the AdSense Deluxe plugin leaving me to wonder what else is wrong? So I don’t know about this version, I guess upgrade at your own risk or wait it out.”

Thanks for sharing about fixing the bugs. It has been a constant problem with me, thanks.

Jeff Replied:
August 14th, 2009 at 7:47 am

I addressed how to fix that issue in a recent post. I doubt future releases of WP will address a plugins compatibility. Upgrade WP, fix the plugin or find a substitute.

Comment by cash advance one hour on October 8, 2009 @ 2:30 pm

I still am using wordpress version 2.3. I was reluctant to change to 2.7 because 2.3 has everything I want and I heard that the newer versions have a lot of problems. I’m thinkin about version 2.81 and making the switch. Thanks for the info.

Comment by منتديات on November 3, 2009 @ 2:06 am

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