Hey folks. For all of you blogging types out there that use Wordpress, the latest has been released. Version 2.0.5 is now out. It’s full of security fixes and new features. Check it out!
* is_feed() status is preserved when handling 404s #3019 [4227]
* manually entering pages greater than the number of pages for a given post now shows the highest numbered page #3039 [4228]
* improved security in wp-db-backup plugin [4226]
* user description is no longer HTML-entity converted going into the database #3069 [4230]
* fix for rel=”nofollow nofollow” repetition #2995 [4233]
* default category is no longer checked by default #2938 [4310] (Saving this one for 2.1… won’t be in 2.0.5 final)
* plugins are sorted by plugin name, instead of filename #2412 [4323] [4324]
* multi-line options in /wp-admin/options.php are preserved #2456 [4331]
* the authors dropdown is now sorted by display_name #2370 [4365]
* the_meta() properly ignores keys that start with an underscore #2478 [4368]
* post meta keys and data are escaped properly on the post screen [4376]
* users are prevented from entering strings that will be interpreted as serialized data when coming out of the database #2591 [4384] [4395]
* make_clickable() no longer adds links within links #3228 [4385] [4387]
* error suppression #2331 [4341], #2745 [4328], #1999 [4315], #2759 [4287], #3179 [4280]
* i18n fixes #3109 [4239]This is not an exhaustive list… just the important ones, or the ones I thought people would care about.
If you are having problems after upgrade/installation check this post.
Tags: Wordpress, Blog, Blogging, Application Security, Weblog
