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Kevin MuldoonI recommend upgrading to Wordpress 2.2.1

Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on June 24, 2007

I read a week or so ago that Wordpress has released version 2.2.1 but i didn’t think it was worthwhile upgrading so soon after updating to 2.2.0. However, after reading Chris Stark’s post on the subject i decided that it was worth upgrading to the latest version.

As per Chris’s post :

Here are some of the bug updates provided by this new version:

  • Widget compatibility issue fixes
  • Atom feed fixes
  • Improvements to Page and Text Widgets
  • XML-RPC fixes Widget layout fixes for IE7

Here are some of the major security problems that were fixed:

  • Remote shell security issues with PHPMailer
  • Attribute issues in Default Theme
  • Remote SQL injection in XML-RPC

Upgrading shouldn’t take you longer than 10 minutes so i recommend putting the upgrade on your to do list :)

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Written by Kevin Muldoon from System0 on June 24, 2007 | Filed Under WordPress

6 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. Success Online  |  June 25th, 2007 at 9:35 am #

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    When you back and planted at home Kevin you know I will be the first in line to beg you for some help getting my blog redesign up…. starting with the upgrade….. :cool:

    I know it needs to be done

  2. Kevin  |  June 27th, 2007 at 2:25 am #

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    no worries stephen. ill be able to do the upgrade for you. ill be back next monday but give me a few days to get settled. :)

  3. Brian Heys  |  June 27th, 2007 at 4:46 pm #

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    :lol: - I think you’ll have a serious case of post-holiday blues, Kevin!

    I’ve just installed WordPress 2.2.1 on my blog, and everything went smoothly, but I’m a little bit disappointed that they don’t yet seem to have opened up the API for the wp-core widgets.

    I quite liked working with dynamic widgets through the presentation screen, but since I went to 2.2, I’ve had problems, and have had to change my sidebar layout again.

    They should have made the wp-core widgets backwards compatible with the old widget plugin. :neutral:

  4. Blogs Do Make Money  |  June 28th, 2007 at 11:32 pm #

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    I wish I could really do it in 10 minutes like you said Kevin. This is the first time I’m gonna attempt an upgrade and I’m freaking scared. :grin: Have backed up my files, folder & database and it took me half a day to learn all those steps! :oops:

    Now, the question is when to proceed with the next step! Lol.

  5. Kevin  |  June 29th, 2007 at 1:09 am #

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    blogsdomakemoney - ill be back home next week. drop me an email and i can help you with this via messenger. i can talk you through it or do it myself and explain what ive done :)

  6. Blogs Do Make Money  |  July 2nd, 2007 at 9:35 am #

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    Thanks Kevin, that’s so awfully nice of you to offer. Our schedule is a bit off. I’m on traveling this week and will be back next. So, I’ll drop you a line when I’m back and see whether we can somehow match our schedulen& work on my upgrade.

    Thanks again, appreciate the offer.

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