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Leaping is best done with adequate provision for the landing not the jump

I’ve upgraded 4 blogs at this point. Last night, late, I pulled the plug and updated a couple of the kids. (The little kids, sorry to say, which are easier to sacrifice to progress) The kids were breathing easy and on their own last night.

If you have already installed 2.8 or 2.8.1 you will want to upgrade to 2.8.2. There is a vulnerability that can be exploited from the admin display. This is a bug fix you don’t want to ignore.

If you haven’t upgraded to 2.8 yet. Then there is probably no urgency. But if you are already there, take a second and do the auto upgrade.

I leave many of my blogs open to the admin panel on a tab or two in the browser through out the day. So closing this vulnerability is a wise thing to do.

If you want to read more about it on the Admin panel under “WordPress Development Blog” you will see the reasoning behind this new version.

I installed a new blog today and immediately upgraded to 2.8.1. Always easier to do on a new clean install. I didn’t really notice any difference till I went to the theme and plugin editor.

I have just begun checking out this latest version. But have already found enough going on I have to say WAIT a little while on this one before you activate.

Bottom Line, I like saying bottom line, Get Wordpress 2.7 installed on your blog. It will enrich your blogging experience. It is like trading in your sedan for a new sports car. The upgrade last night on my little lab rat went so well I not only upgraded the Lab but my Tucson blog as well. Now today I’m finding my way around anew since navigation iscompletely changed from any previous version. There are a lot more drop-down menus that ever before.

In the beginning, No not the one in Genesis, the beginning of the Lab. The Lab was the rat. It was where I tried everything out first, including new release versions of WordPress and all new plugins. It was the Lab. It was/is my hobby blog. If I lost it, no big deal, I still had the business blogs which were the important ones to keep all the content.