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  339 readersIn case you didn’t notice the message on top of your WordPress dashboard, WordPress 2.8.6 is now available. The release fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered and logged in users with posting privileges. Basically if you have untrusted users on your blog with a user level of “Author” or above, upgrading

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  WordPress 2.9 Is Available

  906 readersIf you visit WordPress.org you will notice that the classic blue download button now says "Download WordPress 2.9". This is a major upgrade, and brings some really cool new features, including: Original Post: WordPress 2.9 Is Available

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  Wordpress 2.8.6 Security Release

  275 readersThe WordPress team is currently hard at work in completing version 2.9 but that doesn’t mean they’re going to allow their older versions to be open with vulnerabilities. As a security release, WordPress releases version 2.8.6 which fixes two security problems that can be exploited by untrusted users in your blog who have posting privileges. The first

• WordPress 2.9.1

  1967 readersAfter over a million downloads of WordPress 2.9 and lots of feedback from all of you, we’re releasing WordPress  2.9.1.  This release addresses a handful of minor issues as well as a rather annoying problem where scheduled posts and pingbacks are not processed correctly due to incompatibilities with some hosts.  If any of these issues

• WordPress 2.9.1 Beta 1

  1215 readersUnfortunately, the recent 2.9 release triggered a bug in certain versions of PHP’s curl extension.  With these versions of curl, scheduled posts and pingbacks are not processed correctly.  To fix this problem as well as a handful of other, lesser issues, we are quickly releasing 2.9.1, the first maintenance release of the 2.9 line.  Help

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  WordPress 2.9 “Carmen” Released

  1139 readersIt was announced recently that WordPress 2.9 has been released. There are a few cool new features, which I’ll list below: Built-in image editing – This feature allows you to do basic image editing to your uploads, including cropping, resizing, rotating, among other things. Easier embedded content – Using the oEmbed standard, embedding content can now

• Official Plugin Repository Readme File Updated

  2182 readersThe readme file that is used by all plugin authors in order to be hosted on the plugin repository has been updated to include a new section called Upgrade Notice. This section gives plugin authors the opportunity to tell users why they should upgrade to the newest version. While a change-log provides the changes between

• How to Override the Slug or Page Permalink in WordPress

  1683 readersThe Problem: Recently, one of our clients wanted to change the slug, or permalink, from “about-2″, back to just plain ol’ “about”.  I tried changing the slug from the “quick edit” mode. I tried to Edit the Permalink from the Post Page. No luck, it kept reverting back to about-2.  After doing a few searches,

• WordPress 2.9.1 Release Candidate 1

  1705 readersThanks to everyone who tested 2.9.1 Beta 1.  We’re following that up with Release Candidate 1.  RC1 contains a few more fixes, bringing the number of fixed tickets up to 23.  If you are already running Beta 1, visit Tools->Upgrade in your blog’s admin to get RC1.  You can also  download the RC1 package and

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  WordPress tip: Automatically empty Trash

  2682 readersTrash is a new functionality from WordPress 2.9. When an item (post, comment, etc) is deleted, it goes in Trash instead of being permanently removed. Here is a tip to tell your WordPress blog to autmatically empty trash every X days.Looking for WordPress hosting? Try WP Web Host. Prices starts at $5/month and you can