Lester Chan's WordPress Plugins
Lester Chan's WordPress Plugins Development Blog
WordPress 2.9 Beta 2 has been released. I tested my plugins on WordPress 2.9 Beta 1 and it all works without any problem. I don’t think I will have time to release any updates till I get back from my holiday at the end of December 2009. Having said that, the current version of my … Continue reading “WordPress 2.9 Beta 2”
Woot! I was mentioned by Jane Wells in the latest blog entry on WordPress.org blog entitled A Little Support? Here is the part where I was mentioned: And an additional shoutout to plugin authors who take an active role in moderating threads regarding their plugins, again nominated by official moderators for recognition: scribu, GDragoN, sivel, … Continue reading “Mentioned By Jane Wells in WordPress.Org Blog”
WordPress 2.8.6 has been released. This is a security release. 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges. If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended. The first problem is an XSS vulnerability in Press This discovered by Benjamin Flesch. … Continue reading “WordPress 2.8.6”
WordPress 2.8.5 has been released. This release makes your WordPress even more secure: 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 … Continue reading “WordPress 2.8.5”
Dougal has put up a list of what to expect in WordPress 2.9: Here is the list: Post Thumbnails: add an image to be automatically displayed with the post in various views (main page, archives, etc.). The WordPress logo on this post is added with this feature, plus a filter I added to my theme’s … Continue reading “WordPress 2.9 Features”