WordPress 2.3.3 exploit - upgrade to 2.5 now!
if you’re still running WordPress 2.3.3, now might be a good time to consider an upgrade. a recent exploit seems to turn your blog into a spamlink-farm, which might ultimately lead to a site-wide ban from Google’s index (as happened to Austrian proto-blogger Helge). to check if your blog is affected, look for the existence of the folder “wp-content/1″. more info on the exploit can be found at wordpress.org, as well as an upgrade-guide to 2.5 (highly recommended).
I’ve installed WordPress 2.5 on my blogs last week, and so far everything is running smooth. plus, the new backend-interface is really looking niiice. however, keep in mind that some minor plugins aren’t working on 2.5 yet!
ps: 2.5 finally features automatic update of plugins… however this doesn’t work on both of my installs - everytime I try to update, I’m just prompted for FTP-credentials - any ideas? thx!
pps: is there a tool to import UltimateTagWarrior-taggings into WordPress’ own tagging-system?
I think import of UTW tags into WP is built in (at least in the pre-2.5 versions). Just go to import and look for the link to the UTW import.
Oooh, yes indeed! thx!
thanks for the hint michael. just upgraded yesterday…without any troubles. lovin the new backend ui.