There are major security issues with WordPress 2.8.0 to 2.8.3 which allow anyone, not just hackers, to change your admin password very easily.
WordPress 2.8.4 was created to solve this problem.
Many people will have ignored the upgrade link or put it off for another day (and I am as guilty of this as anyone) but in this particular instance, upgrade as soon as possible.
If you have a more recent version of WordPress you will be able to do this automatically, however don’t forget to back up first!
My earlier post about “How To Back up Your WordPress Blog” may be useful to you or you can find more information at http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
I hope this helps someone.
9th September, 2009 Update.
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Hi Dave,
This is an extremely helpful post. I’m always reluctant to update to the newest version of anything since sometimes there are issues associated with that.
But what you write is pretty serious. I’ll do the update.
I hope I won’t lose my blog though since I have no back up yet.
I came here to let you know that in your last comment on my blog which was a while back you didn’t include your URL. Please do so when you visit next so you get the link. I use top commentators plug in and right now the top 4 get a dofollow link.
I really appreciated your comments, especially on my first post.
Thanks,
Vance.
.-= Vance Sova´s last blog ..Alex Jeffreys Course, What Are Alex Jeffreys Students Up To? =-.
Hi Vance,
Sorry for the delay in answering – I have been out of town and out of the loop for 3 days. Lots to do now.
Thanks for the tip about my URL. I shall have to keep an eye on that.
I am holding back from the latest version of Mozilla Firefox (not so important) as sometimes some of the plug ins I use are not updated.
As a complete change of subject I got the same comment that you mentioned on the forum. I think he must have gone through the whole list – deleted!
Regards,
Dave
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