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Update & Check your version

09:27 Wednesday 29 Jun 05

UPDATE !
Version 1.5.1.3 is now available - http://wordpress.org/download.
This addresses a security issue. Use it !

  1. Go get this: Version Checking plugin
  2. Install
  3. Rest safely knowing that you will be notified if WP is updated for security reasons.

And I can STILL see lots of blogs that are not 1.5.1.3
You know… it would probably take them longer to hack your blog if you posted your ftp details.

(Bri / Daniel - you are upgraded, as is ted-crane, the sandbox installs, the trackback blog and 6 others elsewhere. Painless stuff :) )

  • BACKUP your database !
  • BACKUP your files …… then …..
  • Delete /wp-admin/
  • Delete /wp-includes/
  • Delete all the wordpress files in the same directory as wp-rss2.php EXCEPT wp-config.php
  • Upload the new ones
  • Run http://example.com/wp-admin/upgrade.php
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  1. westi
    1
    • And I can STILL see lots of blogs that are not 1.5.1.2

      Make that not 1.5.1.3!

    09:41 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  2. joss
    2
    • Mark, would you do mine please ?

    11:58 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  3. joss
    3
    • Erm using the version check plugin you posted Mark, According to that I am still on WP 1.5.1.1 !!!!! My point being that the patch I commented on a day or so ago, line of code to patch to 1.5.1.2 can’t have worked!.

    12:08 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  4. westi
    4
    • joss: My version check plugin relies on a full upgrade being done so that the wordpress version number gets updated too rather than just the simple patch which fixes the vulnerabity.

    12:23 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  5. joss
    5
    • Thanks for that westi. I just editied the Vars.php to change the version number after doing the patch.

    12:35 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  6. Mark
    6
    • ’spose so :)

      Leave your blog alone - I’m doing it now. DONE

    12:44 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  7. Mark
    7
    • Joss - vars.php does not hold the version number.

      I ALWAYS recommend that people do a FULL upgrade unless they have a heavily hacked install and know precisely what they are doing. Fiddling with little files and individual lines of code takes longer and can lead to errors. For want of a few seconds, it’s not worth it.

    12:53 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  8. joss
    8
    • Thank you Mark. My apologies re Vars.php, it should have read Version.php. I’ll get back under my rock now.

    14:26 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  9. Minna
    9
    • And I can STILL see lots of blogs that are not 1.5.1.3

      “STILL”? The version just came out today! There are timezones… and jobs…
      *upgrading presently*

    16:22 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  10. Mark
    10
    • Minna - I know :) Look at westi’s comment. I changed it ;)

    16:41 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  11. -slh-
    11
    • /me goes off to install wsftp, and find login and password details

    17:20 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  12. jossblog » Wordpress update to 1.5.1.3
    12
    • [...] As read over here at Mark blog, an update for Wordpress from 1.5.1.2 to 1.5.1.3 Here is a link to download the update, download WP 1.5.1.3 [...]

    17:54 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  13. Tom Raftery
    13
    • Mark,

      can I respectfully suggest you add backup files and db to your quick upgrade instructions?

      Cheers,

      Tom

    18:06 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  14. Mark
    14
    • Tom - good call :)

    18:08 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  15. Jonathan
    15
    • Yep, made the upgrade today! :D

    20:13 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  16. -slh-
    16
    • Done it, broke comment plugger, and forgot to keep a copy of the file for my custom smilies, but its all easily fixable. Ill do it later

    21:22 Wednesday 29 Jun 05


  17. danithew
    17
    • Hey Mark …

      I think we might be finally getting a little bit settled into our new apartment. I love your palm tree picture in the header. Gorgeous.

    02:24 Thursday 30 Jun 05


  18. Mark
    18
    • Hey Danithew - long time no chat :) Using the ‘you know where’ ?

    09:49 Thursday 30 Jun 05


  19. danithew
    19
    • Hey Mark … I haven’t had time to look at it. I tried finding it the other day and couldn’t figure it out for some reason. Can you email me the url? Thanks.

    17:48 Thursday 30 Jun 05


  20. danithew
    20
    • Mark … forget I said that. I found it. :) I’ll be working on it occasionally. Might ask you for some little helps too.

    17:53 Thursday 30 Jun 05


  21. Ballpoint Wren » Wordpress 1.5.1.3 and Cranky Playground Ladies
    21
    • [...] At any rate, all the critics out there should stop knocking the system and the good-hearted souls holding it together. Offering to help make it a better system instead. [...]

    00:54 Friday 1 Jul 05


  22. Sylvain
    22
    • WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!

      For those of you who have modified their quicktags.js file, as explained by Mark @ http://www.tamba2.org.uk/wordpress/quicktags/, remember to back it up and re-upload it after making the upgrade. It’ll save you time, and the unnecessary rise in blood pressure.

      Cheers,

      Sylvain

    02:01 Sunday 17 Jul 05


  23. Joseph
    23
    • Hi, you have great site! Thank you!

    12:02 Thursday 24 Aug 06


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