THIS ARTICLE IS OUT DATED. Please see: http://www.TheCodeCave.com/EasyWPUpdate for the current release. Well I’ve upgraded the 35 Second upgrade script significantly for this release. Here’s a summary of the new features: Customizable options at the top of the script Works for...
WordPress 2.0.6 has been officially released (link) and you definately need to get this one. 2.0.6 was originally just a bunch of minor updates, but now includes several critical security patches. In fact, one of the core “make this information safe”...
Are any of you all good and *nix scripts? I’ve been working on the next version of the “35 second upgrade” script and I’d like some second eyes on it before I release it officially.. I would like your help in...
Mark Jaquith, who I will probably forever call Mark Jarquith in my mind because that’s how I first read his name, has announced the Release Candidate version of 2.0.6 on the WP-Testers list. I’ve detailed the contents 2.0.6 in this post....
As the security risks in legacy versions of WordPress become more widely known, the hacking of sites that haven't updated will become a more common event. Your site about pet rocks or the joys of train spotting may...
[edit] Sep. 12 2006: 4pm EST: Updated with changes from discussion with Mark Jarquith. Four of these eleven were removed, but I think I will wait for a response from him before taking them off this list.[/edit] You can download it...
Louie Alfred Gomez asked a question on the WordPress Hacker’s list yesterday about the best way to moderate all comments on specific blog posts. He was hacking the core WordPress code, which all of you who have just updated know is...
Well, you can monitor it yourself. There’s no date yet, but there are some 600+ “tickets” to change involved. You can see that here: http://trac.wordpress.org/milestone/2.1 Now, once the process gets a bit further along, you can check the status at that...
WordPress 2.0.5 includes some 60 bugfixes and improvements that I link to here. That should be reason enough for any geek to switch to the latest version. If you are not a geek, and perhaps you haven’t upgraded even to version...
I’ve decided to block all traffic from all McColo Corporation users. Not all are guilty I’m sure, but I just got hit by one of their customers called “Digital Infinity”, reportedly a Moscow based company. I was crawled repeatedly by IP 12...