Category Archives: Updates

Updated: What’s New in WordPress 2.6

Originally published on April 24, 2008. Updated on May 5, 2008.
WordPress 2.6 may not be due until August 2008, but already I’ve managed to compile a list of features and enhancements that we’ll likely be seeing in this next major WordPress release. (I’ll continue to update this post as we approach the release date.) Read more »

5 Features Removed in WordPress 2.5

Here’s a list of 5 features that have gone missing in WordPress 2.5: Read more »

30+ Ideas for WordPress 2.6

WPCandy recently posted an interesting article called 30+ Things That Should Be Changed in WordPress 2.6. It’s essentially a big ideas list spanning the administration, the comment system, and more. Read more »

WordPress 2.5.1 Security Release

WordPress 2.5.1 has just been released. According to the development blog:
It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
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The question I have is: does this [...] Read more »

WordPress 2.5 Features

WordPress 2.5 has been officially released! (You can download it here.)
A major upgrade, WordPress 2.5 packs a boatload of new features. Here are many that were listed in the official announcement at the WordPress Development Blog: Read more »

WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 1 Released

This morning, the WordPress Development blog published a WordPress 2.5 sneak-peak that highlights some new features and changes in WordPress’s administration back-end (specifically, with regards to the Dashboard, admin navigation, the Write pages, and the Manage pages). Read more »

WordPress 2.5 Features Preview

Update (3/29/08): WordPress 2.5 has been released! Check out my extensive, updated WordPress 2.5 features list.
The release date for WordPress 2.5 is March 10! Here’s a sneak-peak of some of the planned features: Read more »

WordPress 2.3.3 Released

A WordPress security update has been released this morning. From the announcement on the WordPress Development Blog:
WordPress 2.3.3 is an urgent security release. If you have registration enabled a flaw was found in the XML-RPC implementation such that a specially crafted request would allow a user to edit posts of other users on that blog. Read more »

Get Emailed About WordPress Updates

Quick tip for WordPress bloggers: sign up for the mailing list (the form is at the bottom of the linked page) for stable releases of WordPress to make sure your blog stays up-to-date. Read more »