22% of WordPress sites are running on the latest version of WordPress. WordPress maintenance and updates are often neglected by web designers which can be crucial for websites’ online success. WordPress typically releases updates to its core software every few months and much like updating software on your computer, this is important to ensure your […]
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WordPress 4.8 – Updates and Complete Insights
WordPress 4.8 is in RC (Release Candidate) phase and will be released very shortly. This is a small release that focus’ really on three main things. Although the WordPress community has already squashed 50 bugs so far and still counting. Here is what the focus of this release is about, the user. – An improved […]
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What’s New In WordPress 4.3 (Infographic)
WordPress 4.3 is in under beta release which is the next to the amazing WordPress 4.2 version released several months ago. If you are curious what is coming up in WordPress 4.3, this post will walk you through the new features in WordPress 4.3 with details screenshots as well as a brief infographic for these new helpful features.
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WordPress Version 2.9 Is Ready Or Is It?
Just before Christmas WordPress version 2.9 was released. If you haven’t already upgraded, and since this isn’t really a security release, I might suggest you wait for version 2.9.1 before doing so. Unfortunately, the recent 2.9 release triggered a bug in certain versions of PHP’s curl extension. With these versions of curl, scheduled posts and […]
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WordPress 2.8.5 Another Security Release
Most of you that frequently updates your self-hosted WordPress site should be well aware of the new version, 2.8.5 now available. As with all incremental security releases, it is recommended that you upgrade as soon as possible. What I consider an incremental upgrade is when it goes something like from 2.8.4 to 2.8.5. This kind […]
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Another Security Release WordPress 2.8.4
Well, it seems to be almost a weekly upgrade for WordPress version 2.8. Here we are at 2.8.4 which is another security upgrade. This one addressing a vulnerability where a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. Or […]
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WordPress 2.8.1 Already Released
It didn’t take long for the bugs to get reported and fixed or worked around in WordPress version 2.8. Below is the release right from the WordPress website. It suggests that you upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.1 as soon as possible to be safe. But I have already found a bug that will block access […]
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WordPress Version 2.8 Now Available
If you haven’t seen it in the WordPress dashboard yet version 2.8 has been released and is now available. I strongly suggest keeping your version of WordPress up to date at all times. If you have the proper setting on your hosting account the automatic upgrade for version 2.7 to 2.8 should be a breeze. […]
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Finally Upgraded To WordPress Version 2.7
Here is just a brief little post to test the functionality of WordPress version 2.7 on the site. Believe it or not, WPArena was running on a very very old version of WordPress. Why? Because I was too lazy to find replacement plugins for some of my favorite plugins that don’t work with version 2.7. […]
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Should You Upgrade WordPress to Version 2.3.2
Well… My opinion on upgrading WordPress to version 2.3.x may differ than others. But I say if it’s not broke don’t fix it. New versions of WordPress might require new versions of plugins or render some plugins useless. If there are not compatible new versions of plugins available then you may not have that plugin […]
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Why Should I Upgrade To WordPress 2.3
A lot of people who I have installed a WordPress blog for have asked me this same question “Why Should I Upgrade To WordPress 2.3?” My answer so far has always been the same: Don’t! As of this post this site is still running on version 2.2.1 and after trying to get several of my […]