Why You Need to Upgrade to WordPress 2.8.5
Yes, WordPress just released another update — WordPress 2.8.5. Everyone should upgrade your WordPress blog to the latest version. Why?
The latest release will secure and protect your WordPress blog from hackers. It is not 100% bullet proof but hardening your blog security.
Here are the highlights in the new release:
- 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.
How to upgrade WordPress, the easy way
My first choice would be the WordPress Automatic Upgrade.
When you see the WordPress upgrade notification on WordPress Admin (you might need to logout and login to see it), just follow the instruction to do the automatic upgrade.
However, some web hosting company does not support the automatic upgrade feature…
If that’s your case, then you can FTP upload and replace the modified files since the WordPress 2.8.4 (and only 2.8.4!).
Lastly, you need to download the complete WordPress installation set, unzip it, upload and replace your existing WordPress files, then run the upgrade script (/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php).
More Information:
- “WordPress For Dummies listing at Amazon.com
- “WordPress Theme Design” listing at Amazon.com
- “WordPress for Business Bloggers” listing at Amazon.com
first thing i did this morning. wordpress 2.9 is coming, they still manage to come out with 2.8.5, good stuff.
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.
Could it possibly because of the security issue that they have to make this release?
They released it for fun haha
Thanks for your reminder, I have read plenty of blogs being damaged by hackers. I am using WP Security Scan for sometime to prevent this. Also, WordPress Automatic Upgrade is a blessing plugin that saves me a lot of trouble and technical knowhow. I have just upgraded my blog to latest WordPress 2.8.5 after reading your post. Have a great day!
Wow awsome this is quite a revolution of wordpress
Done, upgraded via automatic upgrade. Everything went very smooth !