WordPress 2.6 Released

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

WordPress 2.6 has been released.

Key new user features include:

  • Post Revisions
  • Google Gears support
  • Image captions and better image control
  • Drag-and-drop reordering of Galleries
  • Remote publishing via XML-RPC and APP is now secure (off) by default
  • You can toggle between the Flash uploader and the classic one
  • Improved WYSIWYG editor
  • Theme Previewer
  • Word Count displayed when writing and editing posts and pages
  • Press This bookmarklet

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.

WordPress 2.5.1 Released

Friday, April 25th, 2008

WordPress 2.5.1 has been released and includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix.

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.

WordPress 2.5 Released

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

WordPress 2.5 has been released.

Key new user features include:

  • Cleaner, faster, less cluttered dashboard
  • Dashboard Widgets
  • Multi-file upload with progress bar
  • EXIF extraction
  • Search posts and pages
  • Tag management
  • Password strength meter
  • Concurrent editing protection
  • Few-click plugin upgrades
  • Friendlier visual post editor
  • Built-in galleries

If you need assistance with upgrading or have any questions regarding WordPress, please contact us.

WordPress 2.3.3 Released

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

WordPress 2.3.3 has been released and is an urgent security release. At the very minimum you need to update your xmlrpc.php file.

WordPress MU 1.3.3 has been released as well due to the same security fix.

Also of note, there is a vulnerability in the WP-Forum plugin that is being actively exploited right now. If you are using this plugin, please remove it until an update is available.

If you need assistance with upgrading, please contact us.

WordPress Release Dates

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

I was recently looking for a list of every official WordPress release to date and by date and could not find a place where this was listed.  So I have pieced together the list and have created a WordPress release history page for anyone else who might like to take a look at the release dates.