WordPress Web 2.0 Spot-Er

WordPress 2.6.3 upgrade was made available by development team a few hours ago and while it is rated as low risk, I wanted to be sure that you - my reader and my customer have the option to do it in the simplest possible way.

This upgrade is really simple and involves changes to just one file - class-snoopy.php and update to version.php file to reflect the upgrade. In this article I will show couple ways you can use to simplify the process and ensure secure blog.

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As of few hours ago WordPress Development team has announced the release of WordPress 2.5 RC1. Meaning that even they don’t consider this release 100% ready for production and want to test the waters with as wide audience as possible.

You should take same precautions because in my test - WordPress 2.5 RC1 is not ready to take the space on my production blogs. I have discovered that couple of the plugins that my blog heavily relies on are not compatible with new version.

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WordPress development team has decided to skip the scheduled 2.4 release that was due on January 24 and move straight to 2.5 release. I guess after releasing 2.3.2 we can’t blame them and I’m quite greatful for this break. It gives us, bloggers using this superb platform a window of time we can use to have a harder look at our blogs…

So what exactly should you do right now? A hundred bucks question and perhaps this post will serve as an answer…

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WordPress 2.3.2 released and this time around it addresses several security issues as well as bug fixes. You can read more complete details on what has changed with this release here but this is not what this post is about…

Once again I want to provide a complete set of changed files and detailed info on proper upgrade…

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Almost a month since initial release we have finally received a long expected bug fix update. But looks like WordPress 2.3.1 addressing more then just a few bugs but also a security issue. While that security problem only impacts people whose host still have register_globals enabled (shouldn’t be too many) it is still worth updating.

There is much already written on the topic and but one of the best ways to learn is to hit one of the sources. Peter provides all the details on what is been addressed in this release and reading through his blog it appears that at least some of the enhancements slated for 2.4 release made it in here as well.

I have taken a leap and performed an upgrade of my blog to WordPress 2.3. I wish I could say everything was rosy but unfortunately it wasn’t so. Even with proper preparation and investigation and research there were several things worth noting.

This post is to provide my personal account and perhaps help other people overcome lost functionality due to UTW being discontinued as well as few other things.

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As I’m getting ready to release my Web 2.0 Wealth product, [tag-tec]WordPress[/tag-tec] team sprang on me a new upgrade to the blog system. While I have already updated final package with new version – there is no need to replace everything you your blog.

This is a minor release and can be done on live blog incrementally! Make sure you backup your files and database first from your cPanel and then proceed with upgrade of WordPress to 2.2.2 version using [tag-tec]video tutorial[/tag-tec] presented in this post.

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