WordPress 2.9.1 update

This point release is now available for download from wordpress.org. This point release was the result of lots of feedback from the WordPress community relating to the curl / PHP / webhost issues as well as problems with post scheduling (a feature I’m sure many use) and pingbacks (used to Read more…

WordPress 2.9.1

No sooner than WordPress 2.9 was released, an updated point release was announced to resolve issues on some versions of PHP’s curl extension. Bizarre. I mean who would’ve thought after all the beta testing and release candidates that this kind of issue would only show up once released to the public. Hence WordPress 2.9.1 was born just days after the WordPress 2.9 release. (more…)

WordPress 2.9 Upgrade

The latest version of WordPress, 2.9, has just been released.

Upgrading was really quite easy. I logged into my WordPress dashboard and saw the message saying that WordPress 2.9 is available, click here to upgrade. So, I did. The upgrade screen reminded me to backup my database, a sensible suggestion, so I quickly clicked through to my favourite backup tool and made backup. I returned to Tools, upgrade and clicked on “Upgrade Automatically”. Within seconds the upgrade process had downloaded the update, uncompressed and installed it. (more…)

WordPress FTP Connection Information

Have you been working with the latest version of WordPress – 2.8 through 2.8.2 – and found you can’t update a plugin or in some cases update WordPress using the “Update Automatically” functionality? This easy or auto upgrade functionality is a great addition to WordPress and it was a little disappointing to encounter this issue. (more…)