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WordPress 2.5 was a major version upgrade, so a complementary update was expected to fix any small bugs that would appear after its roll out.
You can download the 2.5.1 version here. There is also one security fix that is currently not known by the public, but might in the near future. If you are just interested in securing your install you can download the compromised files directly on their
announcement post.
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Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.
In addition to the security fix, 2.5.1 contains many bug fixes. If you are interested only in the security fixes, you can download these corrected copies of
wp-includes/pluggable.php,
wp-admin/includes/media.php, and
wp-admin/media.php. Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.
If you download the entire 2.5.1 release, you will be getting
over 70 other fixes. 2.5.1 focuses on fixing the most annoying bugs and improving performance. Here are some highlights:
- Performance improvements for the Dashboard, Write Post, and Edit Comments pages.
- Better performance for those who have many categories
- Media Uploader fixes
- An upgrade to TinyMCE 3.0.7
- Widget Administration fixes
- Various usability improvements
- Layout fixes for IE
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Back in February I wrote about
Firebug which is one of my favourite Firefox addons. Another one that offers way more than the first glimpse is
Search Status.
Search Status is so cool, that it will save you hours of your time once you know what it can do for you. If you ever wanted a tool that shows you:
- Google Page Rank
- Alexa Rank
- Keyword density
- Nofollow highlighting
- Backlinks in Google, Yahoo and MSN
- Whois Info
- Wayward Archive Info
- and much more on any website you are visiting,
….then you will fall in love with
Search Status if you haven’t already done so. Seriously, this cool tool is not only available as a free download by following the link above, it really gives webmasters insightful information on just about anything we would want to know for SEO purposes.
I was forever checking these things when I was
buying sites which was very time consuming as I had to open several windows to get all the info I needed. With Search Status I don’t have to do half of that anymore which saves me heaps of time.
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Have you ever wondered what the commentators to your business blog sound or look like?
Well you don’t have to wonder any more if you use
Wordpress.org as
Seesmic, the video conversation site founded by Loic Le Meur has recently released a plug in for your Wordpress.org blog so that your community and followers of your business blog can leave video comments.
I’m about to update my blog and will certainly be checking out the plug in for video comments which you can access at the
Seesmic Wiki.
I’m wondering if that will mean I can no longer blog in my PJ’s if I’m going to leave video comments on other peoples blogs!
Tags: Loic Le Meur, Seesmic, business blog, video comments
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Wow, this is something that I was not expecting, but it does make sense.
TechCrunch and several other blogs announced that they already have a plugin installed to allow readers to post video comments. In fact if you head to that post you will be able to see dozens of examples, including some from Mike Arrington himself.
The
WordPress plugin was released by Seeismic, who will also be hosting the videos. You can decide if you want to allow only Seeismic registered users to post video comments, or even anonymous people.
Overall I think the idea is pretty interesting, if nothing else for the possibilities it opens up. Another takeaway message is: video is coming, and it will be everywhere.
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Brian Gardner is famous for his high quality magazine
Revolution WordPress themes as many of you would already know. A few days ago he released a Revolution Blog Theme which is available for free download from his site.
The Revolution Blog Theme is
offered in two 3-column versions, one with left and right sidebar and the other one with two right sidebars.
See the
demo of this version
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Lately there there seems to be a hacking spree around old versions of WordPress. Most of the times the hacker will edit your theme files to insert spam links. One of my older and non-active blogs got that problem, and I had several friends complaining to me about it as well when chatting over IM.
I would therefore recommend that all of you run a quick check on your WordPress to make sure it has not being compromised.
How do I find if I have been hacked?
The easiest way to identify the spam links is to open your website on a browser and take a look at the source code. Pay particular attention to the header and footer of your HTML, and check if they are links there that were not supposed to be (usually they are related to pharmacy, drugs, credit cards and related).
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It is time to update our
WordPress themes collection, and with not one but three new themes. The PassionDuo theme has a clean style, rounded corners, space for advertising and a lot of room for your content. It comes in three color versions: red, blue and green.
The theme was created by
DesignSaurus. If you are planning to get a custom design, make sure to check out their competitive prices.
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If you ever wonder how secure your WordPress installation really is, then this Plugin might fascinate you enough to download it. The WP Security Scan Plugin will give you some great insight into your security zone.
What the Plugin does:
- It scans your WordPress installation for file and directory permission vulnerabilities
- It recommends corrective action
- It also scans for general security vulnerabilities.
Here are
some screen shots from the authors page:
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If you use a lot of images in your blog, you’ll definitely want to have a Lightbox plugin to jazz up the previews and display of your images.
To give you an example of how this works, click on any of the thumbnails below and you’ll see the lightbox preview window, with the ability to browse all the images.
To do this effortlessly on your WordPress blog, you need to download the
Lightbox 2 plugin for WordPress, and upload the entire folder to your plugins directory.
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Written by Gobala Krishnan · Filed Under wordpress news | Comments Off
See the demo of this version
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To do this effortlessly on your WordPress blog, you need to download the Lightbox 2 plugin for WordPress, and upload the entire folder to your plugins directory.
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