WordPress 2.0.5 is here. The latest version’s changes are discussed here, and I’ll put a link to the unofficial dif upgrade when I find it here. Congratulations to the WordPress team.
Thank Mark Jaquith for providing only the changed files for those of us going form 2.0.4 to 2.0.5.
28 Oct 06
4:21 am
Umh… Did the new Version break the Digital Fingerprint Plugin Administration-Area stuff? I get a white dashboard and also an empty “Manage”/”Digital Fingerprint” page…
*sniff*
28 Oct 06
8:43 am
I’ll find out today!
28 Oct 06
9:27 am
It works fine for me, do you have any more details?
28 Oct 06
9:49 am
Yapp. Just found out that it’s not “Digital Fingerprint”, but another plugin I used. Seems to be some kind of “double inclusion” of magpie-rss class.
28 Oct 06
10:04 am
Are you saying the two are conflicting with each other? If so, let me know what the other plugin is — maybe it can be avoided?
28 Oct 06
10:26 am
It’s a plugin I started coding myself some time ago but it never left alpha state. No need to worry about it
28 Oct 06
12:22 pm
I was worried there for a minute. I’ve been monitoring for any problems updating and across about 50 sites, this was the first I’ve seen…
And thanks for spreading the word about the update. With the number of people still running older releases, and the major security holes that continue to be closed in each 2.0.x release, it is very important to get everyone off of the older versions. The two biggest reasons to upgrade to 2.0.5, as I see it, are:
1. This is, again, major security release. There was a major hole plugged;
2. If you started your blog with version 2.0 or newer, you’re missing a DB index on the post table and that will slow down your site.
I’ve provided more detail in a top 5 list on my own site, but you can always look at the official list of all 60 tickets addressed. I use this link to look at it in order of priority.
Please continue to convince your friends and everyone on your blog roll to upgrade, it is important. If any of them are worried about upgrading, I’ve included a 35 second upgrade script on my site. It’s been reviewed by the members of the WP-Hackers list. So, it is safe. I’d post the link here, but I’m releasing an updated version of it later today and don’t want the old links floating around. Just look at the Code Cave article link I posted above and follow it from there. 35 seconds for multiple blogs beats 20 minutes to do it by hand.
Oh and “Why is this release called Ronan?” you ask… Well, ok you didn’t, but still, it’s named after the very first WordPress Baby! Ryan Boren (WP Big Wig) is Ronan’s proud father. Pictures are available here:
http://boren.nu/archives/2006/10/11/im-a-daddy/
29 Oct 06
1:26 pm
Looks like they’ve done a good, job, not loads of changes, but still, nice job.
I’ll update my installation when I get the chance.