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WordPressWorld's most popular open-source content management system powering over 40% of all websites. Offers extensive plugin ecosystem, themes, and robust community support for blogs, e-commerce, and corporate websites. Highly customizable and scalable platform suitable for beginners and advanced developers.
Tag: 2.8.0
Released 16 years ago
WordPress 2.8 brings significant improvements to the widget system, plugin management, and theme installation. The new widget interface allows for drag-and-drop functionality and better accessibility ...
Highlights:
- Completely redesigned widget interface with drag-and-drop functionality
- Improved plugin management with better organization and more detailed information
- Enhanced theme installation with search and filter capabilities
- +4 more...
Tag: 2.7.1
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.7.1 is a maintenance release that addresses numerous bugs and issues found in WordPress 2.7. This update includes over 70 bug fixes, improving stability, security, and user experience acro...
Highlights:
- Fixed SSL detection and handling with improved is_ssl() function
- Enhanced security with refactored filters to prevent potential XSS attacks
- Improved comment navigation with new functions getpreviouscommentslink() and getnextcommentslink()
- +2 more...
Tag: 2.7.0
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.7 introduces a completely redesigned admin interface with a focus on usability and customization. The new interface features a collapsible left-hand navigation menu, drag-and-drop dashboar...
Highlights:
- Complete redesign of the admin interface with a focus on usability and customization
- New collapsible left-hand navigation menu with improved organization
- Drag-and-drop dashboard widgets for a customizable admin experience
- +7 more...
Tag: 2.6.5
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.6.5 is a maintenance release that addresses several bugs affecting post meta data handling, URL sanitization, and type casting. This update improves the reliability of post revisions, enha...
Highlights:
- Fixed post meta data handling with post revisions
- Improved URL sanitization in self links
- Enhanced type checking and validation
- +1 more...
Tag: 2.6.3
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.6.3 is a maintenance release that addresses Internet Explorer compatibility issues with HTML button values and includes an update to the Snoopy library. This release focuses on bug fixes a...
Highlights:
- Fixed HTML button value handling in Internet Explorer
- Updated Snoopy library to version 1.2.4
- Improved cross-browser compatibility
Tag: 2.6.2
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.6.2 is a maintenance release that addresses several bugs and introduces minor enhancements to improve stability and user experience. This update fixes issues with the textpattern importer,...
Highlights:
- Added login_redirect filter for customizing redirect behavior after login
- Fixed UTF-8 encoding for IPTC image metadata tags
- Improved RSS widget to handle items without links
- +2 more...
Tag: 2.6.1
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.6.1 is a maintenance release that addresses numerous bugs and issues found in WordPress 2.6. This update includes fixes for tag handling, image captions, AtomPub functionality, upload dire...
Highlights:
- Fixed tag handling to prevent duplication when using custom slugs
- Improved AtomPub functionality to prevent auto-publishing draft posts
- Enhanced upload directory handling and image sideloading
- +4 more...
Tag: 2.6.0
Released 17 years ago
WordPress 2.6 "Tyner" introduces significant improvements to content management and administration. This release brings post revisions tracking, captions for images, Press This bookmarklet for quick b...
Highlights:
- Post revisions system for tracking changes and restoring previous versions
- Image caption support with shortcode implementation
- Improved Press This bookmarklet for quick content creation
- +5 more...
Tag: 2.5.1
Released 18 years ago
WordPress 2.5.1 is a maintenance release that addresses numerous bugs and issues found in WordPress 2.5. This update focuses on improving the media uploader functionality, fixing XHTML validation issu...
Highlights:
- Fixed issues with the media uploader, including better file handling and improved interface
- Enhanced shortcode handling to prevent content formatting issues
- Improved security with better input sanitization and database query preparation
- +2 more...
Tag: 2.5.0
Released 18 years ago
WordPress 2.5 represents a significant update from version 2.3.3, introducing a completely redesigned admin interface, enhanced media management capabilities, and improved security features. The new d...
Highlights:
- Complete redesign of the WordPress admin interface for improved usability and workflow
- New media management system with enhanced uploader and gallery functionality
- Improved security with better password handling and nonce protection
- +4 more...