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WordPress v2.5.1
WordPress.org Version 2.5.1 came out yesterday. I was surprised to see a new version after they just upgraded to 2.5 just a few weeks ago. Apparently they found a security issue with cookies in the 2.5 version. Cookies are tidbits of information, such as user names and passwords, that is saved by your computer.
My first thought was, “Oh, no!” I have been upgrading blogs like crazy lately. How can I tell these people their blogs need to be upgraded again?
There are two things you need to do before you upgrade your blog. First, back up everything. Go all the way into your database and back the blog up from there so you have a copy of your posts and comments.
Second, disable all your plugins in case one has a conflict with the newer version of the blog.
It’s a good thing I do back up. I just upgraded my blog to V2.5.1. It erased everything – my password, my settings, it even set my theme back to the original theme. The worst was that I did lose all posts and comments.
Expect that this will happen to you and be prepared. Just make sure you do the upgrade. It’s important.
The WordPress Blog says, “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
wp-admin/media.php
Replace your existing copies of these files with these new copies.”
But if you haven’t upgraded to 2.5 yet, then it’s best to upgrade all the files at once.
If you have a WordPress blog and you need assistance with upgrading it, shoot me an email using the form on the left.
Hello, First of all i am very thankful to you For such a great informative post. It is very useful for people who want to know about wordpress. But i just wanted to know that how to upgrade all the files at once.
November 7th, 2008 at 2:07 am===============================
Michael Smith
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