WordPress and UTW Upgrade
Why on earth has my ‘post_type’ column on my wp 2.0.x based blog no default value? Ultimate Tag Warrior UTW3-14159265 will break and show no tags. If anyone else has this problem, add $typelimitsql =...
View ArticleBlog by mail broken in WordPress 2.2
Don’t bother using “blog by mail” in WordPress 2.2, it’s broken: Ticket #4337 (new defect) And there went another sunny nice rainy morning…
View ArticleWordPress 2.2.1 Update / Security Fix
Some user don’t see the need to upgrade (“it’s just the third number, no new features” blah blah). The developer blog mentions some severe security issues here so i recommend upgrading as soon as...
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Comment notification
I use Subscribe to Comments on all my wordpress blogs, even before Tante had askes so nicely for it… The plugin broke with WP 2.2, if you try to change you subscriptions, you ended up with the...
View ArticleUpgrading to WordPress 2.3 “Dexter”
In the first place, i wanted to wait to here some more news about the latest release of WordPress, called “Dexter” (I don’t think about some saxophonist, but about Dexter Morgan). But, as you know,...
View ArticleWordPress uptodate checker
Yesterday i’ve installed WordPress 2.3 without too much problems. The new uptodate check for plugins is nice, out of question, but already yesterday i thought: hm, everybody is whining about Microsoft...
View ArticleA muzzle for WordPress 2.3 and the Akismet Plugin
As reported here and elsewhere, Dexter is somewhat talkative. I recommend the following 2 steps program: Stop sending your url If you already have used WordPress 2.3, use the 123 Anonymer Versionscheck...
View ArticleWordPress 2.5 and http error codes
Am i the only one who’s annoyed that WordPress 2.5 sends a http 500 code if a commentor doesn’t fill in all required fields? Any Internet Explorer 6 or 7 user won’t see any error message but a “this...
View ArticlePatching wp-cache for more security
I use wp-cache on all my blogs all the time. No need waiting for being slashdotted or heised. But wp-cache comes with a security flaw. It requires the webserver to have write access on...
View ArticleNew theme
I’ve been using the old “PlainTextBlog” theme since 2006, when i started writing this blog, time for a change, i guess. I was very happy with the free template for michael-simons.eu by html5up.net, so...
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