Posts Tagged ‘Wordpress Hosting’
by FireHost Evangelist on October 21st, 2009
The WordPress Development team has been working feverishly to launch the next big release (2.9) by the end of October. However, security vulnerabilities pose such a threat to their HUGE user-base, they back-ported some of the 2.9 security patches into a version released yesterday – 2.8.5.
WordPress version 2.8.5 addresses the following security vulnerabilities:
- Fixes the Trackback Denial-of-Service (DOS) attack vulnerability
- Removes code areas where php code in variables are evaluated
- Upgrades file upload functionality so all users (including Admins) are whitelisted
- Retires two Tag data importers from old plug-ins
This interim release shows the WordPress Development Team’s commitment to protecting users with the maximum level of security they can provide. Impressive!
All WordPress users should harden their installation immediately by upgrading to this new version now. Upgrading your website is a great excuse to upgrade your hosting environment as well.
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Tags: Secure Web Hosting, Wordpress Hosting, WordPress Security
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by FireHost Evangelist on July 29th, 2009
The latest upgrade for WordPress addresses an important XSS vulnerability in the open source application, so don’t delay installing it. Upgrading to WordPress 2.8.2 is easy.
WordPress users can get the latest version (which was released about a week ago) three ways:
- Download it here to manually upgrade.
- Initiate the upgrade automatically by clicking the Upgrade link under the Tools menu in your blog’s admin. (v 2.7 or later)
- Host your website with FireHost, and let us take care of the upgrade for you.
We’re glad to see WordPress take action to help prevent hackers from compromising websites built on the their great platform. Kudos to the WordPress team for helping keep everyone safe.
Tags: Wordpress Hosting, XSS
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by FireHost Evangelist on June 2nd, 2009
WordPress has quickly become the first name in blogging, transforming from an idea on a kitchen table to a blog platform with more than 12 million users worldwide in a few short years.
The astonishing success of WordPress rests on the shoulders of the open source principle, which provides free access to anyone and everyone with a desire to use the software. This delivers a no-cost environment for users, but also enables absolutely anyone to contribute to the development of the WordPress source code. This has led to a plethora of plug-ins and themes which can take a WordPress blog to amazing new heights, in both function and aesthetics.
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Tags: Secure Web Hosting, Website Vulnerabilities, Wordpress Hosting
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by FireHost Evangelist on May 22nd, 2009
When it comes to hosting a blog on your website, WordPress is the platform of choice for many individuals, organizations, and businesses. The reasons for the popularity of this solution include breezy usability, pleasing aesthetics, and superior extensibility, just to name a few of the platform’s many highlights.
Extensibility through plugins is an important feature in WordPress. This tool allows users to build upon the original application and customize it according to their own needs, similar to add-ons in the popular Firefox web browser. Currently, there are thousands of WordPress plugins, but there’s one in particular enabling your blog to easily serve millions of visitors at once: The WordPress Super Cache.
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Tags: CMS Web Hosting, Content Management Solution, Wordpress Hosting, WordPress Plugins, WordPress Super Cache
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