Data Circle

WordPress, perhaps the most popular blogging software out there, has a new version out today, which plugs several security holes (though I’m not sure that exposing your draft posts really counts as a vulnerability) and fixes a few minor bugs.

Upgrading from any version post 2.1 seems to be pretty easy – I’ve just upgraded Data Circle, Politics Watch and Rogue Tory, all from different versions, and it took me about ten minutes in total. The CSS for the admin panel has been improved, so the fonts look a lot better under Linux. Security updates and bug fixes are of course also welcome, although these are less obvious improvements in a way because I haven’t seen the problems they cause.

Anyway, if you’re running WordPress on any of your sites, I’d strongly recommend that you download the latest release and then follow the upgrade instructions. It shouldn’t take more than a few minutes, and you’ll be protecting your site from several vulnerabilities by doing so. If this is too much effort for you, WordPress.com will keep things up to date for you, and items such as domain mapping cost a minimal amount per year.