WordPress 3.0.1 has been released and is now available for download. It is a maintenance release which addresses about 50 minor issues. According to the WordPress team, the previous WordPress Version 3.0 was one of the best and most stable releases that WordPress has ever had.

To download this latest version you can visit the  3.0.1 download page or you can update automatically from the Dashboard Admin section in your site’s admin area.

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WordPress 3.0 has finally been released after nearly a half a year of work by 218 contributors and it is now available for download or for  upgrade from within your admin dashboard!

Some of the major new features of this release includes a new default theme called Twenty Ten. So it’s Bye, bye to the old Kubrick theme but hello to a newer and modern theme which shows off a lot cool stuff such as typography, etc.

As users we will appreciate the new lighter interface with contextual help on every screen. Another nice touch is the bulk update feature so you can upgrade multiple plugins at once with a single click and loads more interface improvements.

Check out the video and see the new WordPress 3.0 in action for yourself;

First impressions are great about this WordPress 3 release so far. I’ve tested the RC3 release candidate and by the speed the official WordPress 3 has followed, I can assume the developers are confident too. The interface seems zippier to use which is good and I’m sure there’s loads of tweaks included as well.

To download WordPress 3.0 you can visit the wordpress.org download page.

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Redirection is a plugin to manage 301 redirections on your WordPress blog, and has just been updated to version 2.1.27. As well as 301 redirection, this plugin keeps track of all your 404 errors and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This is also useful if you are migrating pages from an old website, or are changing the directory of your WordPress installation.

Some of the new features include;

• 404 error monitoring – capturing a log of 404 errors
• Custom ‘pass-through’ redirections allowing you to pass a URL through to another page, file, or website.
• Full logs for all redirected URLs
• All URLs can be redirected, not just ones that don’t exist
• Redirection methods – redirect based upon login status, redirect to random pages, redirect based upon the referrer!

Existing features of the Redirection plugin include:

• Automatically add a 301 redirection when a post’s URL changes
• Manually add 301, 302, and 307 redirections for a WordPress post, or for any other file
• Full regular expression support
• Apache .htaccess is not required – works entirely inside WordPress
• Strip or add www to all your WordPress pages
• Redirect index.php, index.html, and index.htm access
• Redirection statistics telling you how many times a redirection has occurred, when it last happened, who tried to do it, and where they found your URL
• Fully localized

To download the Redirection plugin you can visit the wordress plugin page. For more information about this plugin and the extentive options available you visit the authors Redirection Plugin page.

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The latest version of WordPress 2.9.2 is now released. It is a minor bug-fix release and it is recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.2, especially if your blog has multiple authors on it. This release fixes a problem where logged in users can peek at trashed posts belonging to other authors. So, if you have untrusted users signed up on your blog and sensitive posts in the trash, you should upgrade to 2.9.2.

As always, you can visit the Tools->Upgrade menu to automatically upgrade from within your blog. Alternatively, you can download the latest 2.9.2 version from the WordPress.org website and replace all the files on your server, using your favorite FTP program. It’s much easier to upgrade from within the admin menu, but, as always, it’s wise to do a database backup before upgrading!

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The WordPress development team has just announced the immediate availability of WordPress version 2.9. You can upgrade easily from within your Dashboard by going to Tools > Upgrade, or you can download from WordPress.org directly.

This version is a major release and so they have prepared a short video summarizing some of the cool things about the new WordPress 2.9.

Here is a list of some of the major additions from a user point of view.

• Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on every delete.
• Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images to show them who’s boss. This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements.
• Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one.
• Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv (and more in the next release).

Remember you can  download the new WordPress 2.9  from the WordPress.org website.

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The lastest WordPress version 2.8.6, is now released. WordPress 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that have been found. The security fixes to WordPress 2.8.6 concerned registered, logged-in users who have posting privileges. So, needless to say, if you have untrusted authors on your blog, then upgrading to 2.8.6 is highly recommended.

You can download the lastest WordPress version 2.8.6 here, or if you have any WordPress 2.7+ version, you can upgrade directly from within your admin panel.

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The WordPress team has been busy these past couple of months and have been working on lots of new features for the upcoming WordPress 2.9 release. The latest WordPress 2.8.5 version that has just been released as an interim release and features a lot of the security fixes designed for WordPress 2.9. The WordPress team has decided to back-port these security fixes for existing 2.8.x users. So WordPress 2.8.5 is mainly a security fix update. It is designed to improve security on your existing blog and make everyone’s sites as secure as possible.

A few of the major 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.

The WordPress team are recommending that all sites upgrade to this new version of WordPress to ensure that you have the best available protection.

Follow the link to download the latest WordPress 2.8.5 version.

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There has been a lot of Wordpreess releases lately and I haven’t reported them here until there was a good solid version to mention. Especially as in the last version of WordPress, 2.8.3, there was a comment reset exploit which had somehow surfaced in the WordPress 2.8.x branch code.

Now the lastest WordPress version 2.8.4, is now released, lets hope it is bug free and worthy of upgrading to.

Although, it should be mentioned that the WordPress team were on the problem very fast as a result of lots of Twitter messages that had mentioned the comment reset exploit.

Another great use for Twitter, lol!

You can download the lastest WordPress version 2.8.4 here, or if you have any WordPress 2.7+ version, you can upgrade from within your admin panel.

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WordPress 2.8.1 is now available for download. Version 2.8.1 is mainly a bug-fix release and, as such, it is recommended to upgrade as soon as possible. Upgrading is simplicity itself, though, as you can do it by just clicking the upgrade to 2.8.1 link in the admin dashboard!

Most of the fixes in WordPress 2.8.1 were to fix security holes, reduce memory usage, fix problems with the rich text editor, automatic upgrade script, upload and auto-save errors.

Download WordPress 2.8.1

You can download the latest version of WordPress here.

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WordPress 2.7.1 is now available for downlad. This version is a maintenance release and fixes a number of minor issues that were found within WordPress 2.7. You can automatically upgrade from 2.7 to 2.7.1 from within your WordPress 2.7 Admin panel via the Tools/Upgrade menu, or you can download the package and do the upgrade manually.

So while this is just a maintenance release, it is not necessary to update immediately as no major security issues are involved. However, if you like to keep fully up to date with WordPress it is a good idea to do so.

It is easier that ever to update WordPress by using the admin panel feature.

Download WordPress 2.7.1.

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