WordPress 2.0.6

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We have a pretty important release available for everyone, it includes an important security fix and it's recommended that everyone upgrade. This is the latest release in our stable 2.0 line, which we've committed to maintaining for several more years.

Here's what's new:

  • The aforementioned security fixes.
  • HTML quicktags now work in Safari browsers.
  • Comments are filtered to prevent them from messing up your blog layout.
  • Compatibility with PHP/FastCGI setups.

For developers, there's a new anti-XSS function called attribute_escape(), and a new filter called "query" which allows you filter any SQL at runtime. (Which is pretty powerful.) Thanks to Mark Jaquith for handling this release and Stefan Esser for responsibly reporting the security issue.

As always, you can download the latest version of WordPress here.

As a side note, this is probably our last release before 2.1 is out, which will be our first major feature release in quite a while. 2.1 just entered beta stage, so if you're interested in helping out with that process consider joining our beta group. As a reminder, if you're a plugin or theme author you should check your code to make sure it's compatible with 2.1 before the release.

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I'm surprised to read that some Wordpress users don't immediately update their WP to the latest version. PHP applications are very difficult to secure, a lot of bugs and security holes are fixed in every new version. Not always documented, for obvious reasons.

Maybe on a shared hosting it's not that important, but when you are running WP on your own server, my personal opinion is "always update"!

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The last time I upgraded, they released a list of all the changes so you could manually update the files if you'd done alot of customisation, but I can't find it anywhere. Is it just for major upgrades?

no there is actually someone who looks through comparing the files, and makes a package of only those that changed. I cant find it but i'mm sure it's there.

also, the 2.0.5->2.0.6 upgrade guide actually tells you what to overwrite.

also, you're supposed to keep a log of what you modify within the source files so it's easy to upgrade later on.

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no there is actually someone who looks through comparing the files, and makes a package of only those that changed. I cant find it but i'mm sure it's there.

also, the 2.0.5->2.0.6 upgrade guide actually tells you what to overwrite.

also, you're supposed to keep a log of what you modify within the source files so it's easy to upgrade later on.

You're "supposed" to eat five portions of fruit a day, but how many people actually do? I'll have a trawl through the Wordpress forums tomorrow.

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I'm surprised to read that some Wordpress users don't immediately update their WP to the latest version. PHP applications are very difficult to secure, a lot of bugs and security holes are fixed in every new version. Not always documented, for obvious reasons.

Maybe on a shared hosting it's not that important, but when you are running WP on your own server, my personal opinion is "always update"!

Indeed. I'm on shared hosting, but I also have a lot of people who do not care for me. I'd be afraid to run a potentially vulnerable backend because I was too lazy to upgrade.

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You're "supposed" to eat five portions of fruit a day, but how many people actually do? I'll have a trawl through the Wordpress forums tomorrow.

Manual WordPress upgrades are easy - compare your current blog installation with stock 2.0.5 (or whatever version you have), and then apply differences to fresh copy of 2.0.6 (I use WinMerge for this).

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For those of you holding off for 2.1, last I heard that would be in 2008. Might be a good idea to keep updating.

I'm gonna update mine when my next major site update goes live, hopefully tomorrow. w00t, forum!

2008 :|

I wasnt going to update but I might do soon then :)

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For those of you holding off for 2.1, last I heard that would be in 2008. Might be a good idea to keep updating.

I'm gonna update mine when my next major site update goes live, hopefully tomorrow. w00t, forum!

2008? It's already in the beta phase.

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