WP-DBManager 2.61 has been released and it fixes a security vulnerability which will allow user to download your wp-config.php. If you do not use the default backup folder path, you are not affected by this.
However, most users are affected and it is recommended that you upgrade WP-DBManager to 2.61.
WP-DBManager 2.62 will be out on Tuesday with added nonce security and auto-repair functionality.
I have created a new plugin, WP-ShowHide. It is a simple plugin (83 lines of codes including comments) with no configuration screen needed.
This new plugin came about when Hisham tweeted me about whether there is a “Show/Hide Press Release” WordPress plugin like what Engadget does when posting a Press Release.
I can’t seem to find it and decided to code one myself using WordPress ShortCode API. I made the plugin more generic rather than focusing on Press Releases, so you can have multiple Show/Hide content within a post.
I tested it on WordPress 3.1.1 but technically it should work with any version higher than WordPress 2.5 because ShortCode was introduced in WordPress 2.5.
WP-ShowHide Description
Allows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the cotent via a link. By default the content is hidden and user will have to click on the “Show Content” link to toggle it. Similar to what Engadget is doing for their press releases.
Example usage: [ showhide type="pressrelease" ]Press Release goes in here.[ /showhide ] (Remove the spaces before and after the square brackets [].)
Demostration/Example Usage
Remove the spaces before and after the square brackets [].
Tag: [ showhide ][ /showhide ]
lesterchan.net is the blog and portfolio site of Lester Chan who is also the author of many popular WordPress plugins like WP-Polls and WP-PageNavi.
For the blog section, it is updated on a regular basis from topics ranging from gadgets to technology and even current affairs in Singapore
For the portfolio section, it features the resume as well as the WordPress plugins page.
lesterchan.net showcase how extensible WordPress can be in terms of themes and plugins.
For themes, the sidebar can be switch to either the left or right side and the preference will be save into the browser cookie so that in future visit, it will display the menu on your prefered side.
For plugins, there is the gallery page over at https://lesterchan.net/gallery/ which implements basic gallery features such as category and pagination.
Tag: [ showhide type="links" more_text="Show Links (%s More Words)" less_text="Hide Links (%s More Words)" ][ /showhide ]
WordPress 3.1.2 has been released and is a security release for all previous WordPress versions.
This release addresses a vulnerability that allowed Contributor-level users to improperly publish posts.
We suggest you update to 3.1.2 promptly, especially if you allow users to register as contributors or if you have untrusted users. This release also fixes a few bugs that missed the boat for version 3.1.1.
This maintenance and security release fixes almost thirty issues in 3.1, including:
Some security hardening to media uploads
Performance improvements
Fixes for IIS6 support
Fixes for taxonomy and PATHINFO (/index.php/) permalinks
Fixes for various query and taxonomy edge cases that caused some plugin compatibility issues
Version 3.1.1 also addresses three security issues discovered by WordPress core developers Jon Cave and Peter Westwood, of our security team. The first hardens CSRF prevention in the media uploader. The second avoids a PHP crash in certain environments when handling devilishly devised links in comments, and the third addresses an XSS flaw.
We suggest you update to 3.1.1 promptly. Download 3.1.1 or update automatically from the Dashboard ? Updates menu in your site’s admin area.
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