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Getting involved with the 2.9 beta testing
We have been hard at work now for a few months on the new features that will be coming in WordPress 2.9, and we are near the time when...
Shikhar singh
Oct 13, 20092 min read
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How to Keep WordPress Secure
A stitch in time saves nine. I couldn’t sew my way out of a bag, but it’s true advice for bloggers as well — a little bit of work on an...
Shikhar singh
Sep 6, 20094 min read
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WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release
Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security...
Shikhar singh
Aug 12, 20091 min read
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Upcoming WordCamps
Every now and then I see someone ask in the dev channel how they can meet up with other local WordPress developers. We’re thinking about...
Shikhar singh
Aug 7, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8.3 Security Release
Unfortunately, I missed some places when fixing the privilege escalation issues for 2.8.1. Luckily, the entire WordPress community has...
Shikhar singh
Aug 3, 20091 min read
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2.9 Features Vote Results
Earlier this month, over 3500 of you responded to our survey asking you to help us prioritize some of the media features that had been...
Shikhar singh
Jul 31, 20095 min read
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The WordPress 2.0.x Legacy Branch is Deprecated
The WordPress team had initially committed to maintaining the WordPress 2.0.x legacy branch until 2010. Unfortunately, we bit off more...
Shikhar singh
Jul 30, 20091 min read
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Improving your plugin – Changelogs
We’ve recently made some changes to help improve the communication between plugin authors and plugin users about the changes that are...
Shikhar singh
Jul 22, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8.2
WordPress 2.8.2 fixes an XSS vulnerability. Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin. This could be...
Shikhar singh
Jul 20, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8.1
WordPress 2.8.1 fixes many bugs and tightens security for plugin administration pages. Core Security Technologies notified us that...
Shikhar singh
Jul 10, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8.1 Release Candidate 1
2.8.1 is nigh. Release Candidate 1 is our last stop before the final release. Please download RC1, review the changes made since beta...
Shikhar singh
Jul 7, 20091 min read
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Vote for 2.9 Media Features
Last Wednesday, the core development team and a number of contributing developers met in the IRC #wordpress-dev channel to talk about...
Shikhar singh
Jul 7, 20093 min read
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Themes are GPL, too
If WordPress were a country, our Bill of Rights would be the GPL because it protects our core freedoms. We’ve always done our best to...
Shikhar singh
Jul 2, 20094 min read
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WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2
2.8.1 Beta 2 is ready for testing. Download it, check out the changes since beta 1, and review all tickets fixed in 2.8.1. We...
Shikhar singh
Jun 27, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 1
We’ve started work on the first maintenance release to 2.8. 2.8.1 will fix a handful of bugs that turned up in 2.8. Today we’re...
Shikhar singh
Jun 21, 20091 min read
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2.8 Release Jazzes Themes and Widgets
I’m very excited to announce to everyone that the latest and greatest version of WordPress, version 2.8 “Baker,” is immediately available...
Shikhar singh
Jun 11, 20092 min read
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WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1
With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete. Download it, test it, and tell us what you think. If you don’t...
Shikhar singh
Jun 8, 20091 min read
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Summary of #wordpress-dev IRC meetup for 20090603
Next Wednesday, June 10th, is the target date for the release of WordPress 2.8. Tickets against the 2.8 milestone that are not ...
Shikhar singh
Jun 4, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8 Beta 2
Download beta 2. See changes since beta 1. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email
Shikhar singh
May 23, 20091 min read
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WordPress 2.8 Beta 1
Download it, test it, file bugs. What’s new? All of this. Good hunting, all you testers. Share this: Twitter Facebook Email
Shikhar singh
May 17, 20091 min read
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