Today I upgraded my blog to use WordPress v2.8.5. I feel nothing different since this release is a patch for a security release as they published on the WordPress official blog, you can read it here. I am happy to use WordPress as my blog engine. It is so easy to use and has many useful plugins. And the most important thing is it is stable. And I am looking forward to the next release of WordPress v2.9 — there are lots of new features that you can see here.
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.
So please check your WordPress installation, and it would be better if you update your WordPress engine to this security release.
Safe and happy blogging!