WordPress 4.2.3 was released this morning, as announced on WordPress.org. The Update This is a security update, it is important to apply it as soon as possible. It resolves a XSS vulnerability, which could allow users with Contributor or Author permissions to compromise a site. There are also a variety of small bug fixes included. WordPress […]
Read More →WordPress 4.2.2 Released
WordPress 4.2.2 was released today. This is a minor (0.0.1) update, but is important to apply, as it contains security fixes. Updates have been released for versions of WP prior to 4.2 as well. The major vulnerability being addressed here relates to the Genericons XSS vulnerability, which we patched for all hosted sites earlier today. This […]
Read More →WordPress 4.2 Released
WordPress 4.2 was released today. This is a major (0.1) update, adding new features to improve the experience of using WP. What’s New There are a few significant improvements in this update: – Better Press This: If you click Tools -> Available Tools you will find a bookmarklet for Press This. Drag that to your browser’s bookmark’s […]
Read More →WordPress 4.1.1 Released
WordPress 4.1.1 was released today. This is a minor (0.0.1) update, providing bugfixes for the 4.1 release. What’s New This release fixes some minor problems with 4.1 – 21 bugs were fixed, but it’s likely you won’t notice any changes to your WP install. Upgrading to WP 4.1.1 Some users like to wait for the first […]
Read More →WordPress 4.1 Released
WordPress 4.1 was released today. This is a major (0.1) update, adding new features to improve the experience of using WP. What’s New There are a few significant features in this update: – New default theme: The default theme is now 2015, which is a back-to-the-basics type them, focusing on blogging and content. – Distraction-free writing […]
Read More →WordPress 4.0.1 Released – Critical Security Update for Older Versions
WordPress 4.0.1 was released today. This is an important update, containing several security tweaks/fixes for 4.0. Also, updates were released for WP 3.9.2, 3.8.4, and 3.7.4. These older versions are receiving a critical security fix. Automatic Updates For those of you using the built-in WordPress automatic updates, as minor upgrades (0.0.1), these will be automatically […]
Read More →WordPress 4.0 Released
WordPress 4.0 was released today. This is a major release – version ‘4.0’ isn’t intended to be anything more significant than most other major releases (3.9 or the next, 4.1), but in contrast to the .0.1 updates it includes significant feature additions/changes. The WordPress blog has a nice summary of the updates. To cover them quickly, […]
Read More →WordPress 3.9.2 Released
WordPress 3.9.2 was released today. This is a security release. For all the details, please visit the official WordPress.org post. For those of you that are already on 3.9.1 or 3.9, I would recommend updating immediately, as this contains security updates that should be applied to all sites. A minor update like this is unlikely […]
Read More →WordPress 3.8.3 and 3.9
WordPress 3.8.3 was released two days ago. This was a very minor release, fixing a couple bugs in 3.8.2, and was automatically rolled out to anyone scheduled for minor updates at Lightning Base that night. WordPress 3.9 was released today. This is a major update, with most changes coming to the post editor (on which […]
Read More →WordPress 3.6.1
WordPress 3.6.1 was released today. This is a maintenance and security release. For all the details, please visit the official WordPress.org post. For those of you that are already on 3.6, I would recommend updating immediately, as this update fixes some small issues with 3.6, resolves potential security problems, and being a minor release is […]
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