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WordPress People: It's Update Time Again

WordPress released another "urgent security update" a few days ago.

http://wordpress.org/development/2008/02/wordpress-233/

http://wordpress.org/download/

 

Since I currently run seven different WordPress(.org) blogs, updating can be a time-consuming PITA, so I want to do it quickly and painlessly.

The only file that needs to be updated to fix the security issue is xmlrpc.php  ...

 

However, to make the nag screen go away.....

 

You need to also update version.php found in the wp-includes folder.   For good measure, I updated gettext.php, and pluggable.php as well.

 

If you don't know what I'm talking about, don't worry.... it's a rather insignificant point in the big scheme of things,

 

One other thing, if you used the little trick described here to alter your index.php file ... and if you overwrote your existing index.php file when doing a full update, don't forget you will need to edit that header line in the index. php file again, or else you will get this when you try to view your blog:

10 comments • Cheryl Johnson • February 08 2008 09:12PM

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I have heard about this. I will be installing this tomorrow on all of my wordpress blogs. Thanks for letting us know about this.
Posted by Canton Georgia Real Estate--- Dwayne West (Atlanta Real Estate) over 4 years ago

Hi there,

I knew there were some changes, but that was about it. I cannot imagine keeping up with that many, I have enough trouble with AR & my outside blog.

Posted by Orange Co. Real Estate~Lynda Eisenmann, Broker-Owner,CRS,CDPE,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA (Preferred Home Brokers) over 4 years ago

Cheryl:

Thanks! you saved me lots of time too!  I saw today that I need to do another update.  I was waiting until the morning to tackle it.  Thanks for the timely post!

 

Posted by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) over 4 years ago
If you keep doing these over my head tutorials, I'm going to have to make another special request for something down at my level :)
Posted by ARDELL DellaLoggia (Sound Realty) over 4 years ago
Thanks for the post, Cheryl.  Like you I maintain more than one blog and having just installed the last version a few weeks ago, I was dreading a new installation although I did download the kit.  Copying a few files is not as overwhelming so I guess that I'll be upgrading this weekend.  Thanks again for the timely post.
Posted by Don Stern ~ Greater Baton Rouge Real Estate (Realty Executives South Louisiana) over 4 years ago
Cheryl, your posts about the perplexities of navigating another blogging platform are most appreciated.  Thanks a million. :)
Posted by Lola Audu~Audu Real Estate~Grand Rapids, MI Real Estate over 4 years ago

UPgrade upgrade upgrade...

 I found a nice little plug in that makes it all simple

http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-plugin.html  

 

Enjoy.   

Posted by Bob Carney Licensed MD/PA Real Estate Agent (Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc.) over 4 years ago
i just stumbled across this blog, and im glad i did. Thanks
Posted by Justin Kelcourse (Keller Williams) over 4 years ago

Thanks for keeping everyone up on the current info, Cheryl. I just read that Version 2.5 will be due out March 10. For people who pay other people to update their blogs for them, it may be worth it to just update the xmlrpc.php file right now and wait until March 10 to do the full update.

I also read that this update is making podpress act funky, but that's just a matter of changing your settings.

Posted by Crystal Pina | Remax Professional Associates (774.289.5521) over 4 years ago
Thanks for the notice on the update, we may need to do that to our site and will look into it.
Posted by Monica Ray (JAM Media Group) about 4 years ago

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