WordPress 2.8.1 Released
WordPress 2.8.1 is now available for download. In this version, they fixed many bugs and tightened security for plugin administration pages.
- Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these themes won’t have to change.
- Dashboard memory usage is reduced. Some people were running out of memory when loading the dashboard, resulting in an incomplete page.
- The automatic upgrade no longer accidentally deletes files when cleaning up from a failed upgrade.
- A problem where the rich text editor wasn’t being loaded due to compression issues has been worked around.
- Extra security has been put in place to better protect you from plugins that do not do explicit permission checks.
- Translation of role names fixed.
- wp_page_menu() defaults to sorting by the user specified menu order rather than the page title.
- Upload error messages are now correctly reported.
- Autosave error experienced by some IE users is fixed.
- Styling glitch in the plugin editor fixed.
- SSH2 filesystem requirements updated.
- Switched back to curl as the default transport.
- Updated the translation library to avoid a problem with mbstring.func_overload.
- Stricter inline style sanitization.
- Stricter menu security.
- Disabled code highlighting due to browser incompatibilities.
- RTL layout fixes.
You can automatically upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.1 via the Tools -> Upgrade menu. Just one click on the notification menu “WordPress 2.8.1 is available! Please update now” and you are done.
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Thats good to hear..I am a huge fan of WordPress and will install it ASAP..The great thing is we can update without any hassles..
Downloaded and updated.
Thankyou
I upgraded and all went well, a couple of seconds later and new version was done installing.
Thanks for sharing. Every wordpress user should upgrade now. I have just upgraded mine. I used the automatic upgrade feature of WordPress and it successfully upgraded my blog without a mess.
I am adding comment after a long time… i had some problem adding comment here but i really enjoyed the posts..
And ya to talk about this post, this should be one more good news to WordPress users.
It’s also time now for Poor Blogger users like us to upgrade to WordPress. Isn’t it ??
Hey I already upgraded without any problem and can see many differences since 2.8 at admin level.
I tried it out and did not see much improvement since the last version.
Yeah same for me, and just lil fix bug I think
Thanks for your info Michael.
And we have 2.8.1
I wonder how long before we see 2.9 and 3.0 should prove to be really interesting. WordPress is bringing the power of blogging to the people.
VIVA WORDPRESS, VIVA!
I have upgraded to this version but didnt found too many changes except from some bug fixes..
I just upgraded mine for 2.8 and I think it’s to early for me to upgrade with 2.8.1 And as I can see there are nothing much new with this version, DO I have to upgrade mine? Any feedback would be appreciated, thanks!
i was downloaded and updated.
thnks for sharing
ya..
i just upgrade from 2.8 to 2.8.1 via the Tools.
I tried downloading WordPress 2.8.1 from the WP site but I keep on getting an error.
Its great news. But i am still waiting for some modifications to wp_query..
Now it doesn’t a query which specifies both a tag and a category.. i mean i cant query for posts under a particular category with a particular tag.. I am waiting for the Automattic guys to fix it..
I am a great fan of wordpress and i am using it since long time. this is really interesting announcement and i have already upgrade my cms.