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WeFixWP's Thoughts About WordPress 3.0

It’s May, and if the Automattic’s road map remains true, WordPress 3.0 is due out sometime this month. (As we wrote this, Beta 1 has just been made public.)

We are always reticent to implement zero point releases and aren’t recommending anyone update til 3.1 has been published. Here are our latest thoughts on this next version of WordPress.

5 Things We are Looking Forward to …

  1. A new default theme (Twenty Ten). It will be nice to look at

Two Weeks Later … WP 2.8.6 Security Release Arrives

Ah, that pesky WordPress update prompt is active again! WordPress has patched some more security holes and has released 2.8.6. According to WordPress:

2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges.  If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended.

The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch.  The second problem, discovered by Dawid Golunski, is an issue with sanitizing …