WordPress 2.8.5 Released [Upgrade Now]

by Mayur on October 21, 2009

Today, WordPress has released a new update to WP 2.8 naming it as Hardening Release.

The Headline changes are:

A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old plugins.

It is recommended to upgrade all your sites to this new version of WordPress to ensure that you have the best available protection.

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VNSTUDY.ORG October 21, 2009 at 8:46 pm: I have checked it quite carefully. But in the comparation, there is no much deffirence! Iam still using the old version in some blog (I have 3, yes !).

How about you Mayur?

Iam in Vietnam and now is 11 PM. Sleep well! I will sleep now and dreaming of Windows 7, he he!

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V.C October 22, 2009 at 2:06 am: I don’t understand why they released the new version so quickly after the last update 2 months ago.
I don’t see any changing in this new version. It’s not really necessary to upgrade.

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Harsh Agrawal October 22, 2009 at 4:17 pm: Saw this update Yesterday and the first thing which I did
was Backup my Db and updated the wordpress. Though wordpress are releasing very quick update..

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