WordPress 2.8.5 Is Out

29 Responses to “WordPress 2.8.5 Is Out”

1. Oscar - freestyle mind on October 21st, 2009 10:59 am

   Thanks for the heads up Daniel!

2. Zeesu on October 21st, 2009 12:23 pm

   nice.i think wordpress 2.9 will be out in dec.

3. Hesham on October 21st, 2009 2:25 pm

   Thank you for the news, I have upgraded already!

4. John Samuel on October 21st, 2009 2:52 pm

   Thanks for the update

5. Nicholas Z. Cardot on October 21st, 2009 4:46 pm

   Thanks for the update. I noticed that it was in my dashboard notifying me to upgrade, but I hadn’t checked out what new features were in this version yet so I haven’t upgraded yet. I see that I’m not missing much so I’ll just do it whenever I get around to it. Thanks for the information.

6. Keith Davis on October 21st, 2009 6:26 pm

   2.8.5? Seems only a few weeks since we had 2.8.4.

   Does”hardening your install” mean that it will help protect your blog?

   I’d better stop moaning and get on with the upgrade.

7. Jeremiah Hoyet on October 21st, 2009 6:27 pm

   Wordpress updates so much it makes my head spin. I think it’s something like 2-4 updates a month.

8. V.C on October 21st, 2009 6:51 pm

   I don’t understand why they released the new version so quickly after the last update 2 months ago.
   I don’t see any changing in this new version. It’s not really necessary to upgrade.

9. Rocky Garcia on October 21st, 2009 11:01 pm

   Just wondering, what are the changes implemented on 2.8.5?

10. Robomaster on October 21st, 2009 11:28 pm

    @Rocky, Daniel wrote the four changes in the post:

    -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 importers of Tag data from old plugins.

    Nothing huge, just slimming down Wordpress a little (which is a very good thing – keeps it from getting bloated over time!)

    Can’t wait for 2.9.0 to come out – I tried out the beta and it’s amazing: has some rudimentary photo editing features and more!

11. Robomaster on October 21st, 2009 11:29 pm

    @Jeremiah: Isn’t that a good thing?

12. DanielthePoet on October 21st, 2009 11:29 pm

    I updated some of my sites today. Will update the 2nd tier sites later this week.

    Any ideas what’s coming with 2.9?

13. Rocque on October 22nd, 2009 12:48 am

    Now I know what I will be doing this weekend. Updating my blogs.
    Thanks for the news.

14. Gabe | freebloghelp.com on October 22nd, 2009 1:59 am

    @Rocque: you must have a lot of blogs b/c updating takes about 5 seconds.

15. Miguel Wickert on October 22nd, 2009 3:04 am

    Daniel,

    The WP folks are amazing. It’s hard to believe what Wordpress is capable of and a lot of people still don’t know about it. How’s that Make Money Blogging ebook? Maybe I should just find out for myself. Thanks!

16. Ben on October 22nd, 2009 8:31 am

    If version 2.9 is due out in about 6 weeks, why upgrade to 2.8.5? I think I’ll wait.

17. Harsh Agrawal on October 22nd, 2009 9:12 am

    Saw this update Yesterday and the first thing which I did
    was Backyp my Db and updated the wordpress. Though wordpress are releasing very quick update..

18. Daniel Scocco on October 22nd, 2009 9:18 am

    @Keith, yeah “hardening” means making your blog more secure.

    @Miguel, the book is going fine, a lot of downloads.

19. Marty Sullens on October 22nd, 2009 4:52 pm

    Is it just me or has Wordpress been releasing a ton of new versions recently?

    But I guess I cannot complain, updating is super easy and love the new security features

20. Zeesu on October 23rd, 2009 12:40 pm

    well it good .5 came out but i am eagerly waiting for 2.9 like others

21. rhbee on October 23rd, 2009 9:16 pm

    I refer you to your own post. You might remember the point I made then about this sort of constant changing/upgrading actually driving me away from wp and back to blogspot where you don’t need a host, or a storage facility, and rarely have to worry about your blog theme not being congruent with the system. Though I’m guessing you must be quite busy because your responses to posters who question what is going on with this upgrade business are not very complete.

22. Munawar AM on October 24th, 2009 7:07 am

    According to Matt : “The only thing that I can promise will keep your blog secure today and in the future is upgrading”.

    It’s true?

23. Olivia on October 26th, 2009 5:05 pm

    I upgraded and can’t upload videos now. I get an error stating that the file exceeds security limits. Since my site is set up for a video class, this is a huge problem!

24. rhbee on October 27th, 2009 7:58 pm

    So Daniel, where are you on this subject? Still tied to the three layer host, php, server idea? Still defending wordpress even though their forum is backlogged with the complaints of those people who didn’t sign on to become frustrated computerists but actually to blog?

25. hokya on October 28th, 2009 12:03 am

    after 2.8 that have core changes in “Forgot Password” etc, is the new 2.9 also have some of core changes ?

26. Kainsmoney on October 31st, 2009 8:05 am

    @ Munawar AM , Yes its , better try to keep the latest Word Press upgrade .

27. Keith Davis on November 8th, 2009 2:10 pm

    Just upgraded.
    Was feeling a bit uneasy about using 2.8.4 with 2.8.5 out and all the talk about attacks on Wordpress sites. Had to wait a couple of weeks for cPanel / Fantastico to put up the latest version.

    I upgrade via cPanel… any advice on the best way to upgrade? Is wordpress auto upgrader better than cPanel?

28. Keith Davis on November 13th, 2009 7:54 pm

    Like I said, just upgraded to 2.8.5 and as night follows day… 2.8.6 comes out.
    Oh well, if it’s all about security I suppose I’ll have to bite the bullit.

29. Kainsmoney on November 13th, 2009 7:59 pm

    Hey Keith , Im not sure about Fantastico , i did it in some second , Log in my word press blog , my cpanel , then i did hit upgrade , will give me the ip of my host , all you need to fill is your username and password and thats all

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