WordPress 2.8.5 Just Released

Posted by : Dexter Panganiban on October 20, 2009 | ; Filed Under Wordpress

I would suggest upgrading to the latest WordPress Version that was released which is WordPress 2.8.5 .

It’s a security update so don’t think twice. Here is the headlines for the updates:

The headline changes in this release 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.

Source : WordPress.Org

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8 Responses to “WordPress 2.8.5 Just Released”

Jaypee on October 21st, 2009 12:05 am

sounds interesting…

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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 2:23 am

@Jaypee,
It is , that is why we need to upgrade as soon as possible if you use WordPress.

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metalpigs on October 21st, 2009 3:09 am

I didn’t know that…
Thanks for the info, sir Dex!

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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 4:08 am

@metalpigs,

Your most welcome.. It’s a security update.. we need to do some changes ASAP

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V.C on October 21st, 2009 2:08 pm

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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Dexter Panganiban Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 3:04 pm

@V.C,

They usually do this when there are some security issues that they need to fix.

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V.C Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
@Dexter Panganiban, That’s pointless.

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Dexter | Techathand.net Reply:
October 21st, 2009 at 9:02 pm
@V.C,

Are you aware that wordpress is free, and we are not paying for whatever they are doing for us. I believe we have to be thankful if they are just thinking what is better for our site. Just my opinion