Category: Announcements

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WordPress 4.9.7 Security & Maintenance Release

FYI. WordPress 4.9.7 was released today, July 5, 2018. From WordPress.org. WordPress 4.9.7 is now available. This is a security and maintenance release for all versions since WordPress 3.7. We strongly encourage you to update your sites immediately. WordPress versions 4.9.6 and earlier are affected by a media issue that could potentially allow a user with certain… Continue Reading WordPress 4.9.7 Security & Maintenance ReleaseContinue Reading WordPress 4.9.7 Security & Maintenance Release

WordPress 4.9.3 and 4.9.4

A maintenance release of WordPress came out on Monday, February 5. On Tuesday, February 6, they released 4.9.4 which fixed a bug created in 4.9.3. Neither release includes security fixes, however to receive future security updates automatically you will need to update to 4.9.4. Here is information on what was released with 4.9.3 https://wordpress.org/news/2018/02/wordpress-4-9-3-maintenance-release/ 4.9.4… Continue Reading WordPress 4.9.3 and 4.9.4Continue Reading WordPress 4.9.3 and 4.9.4

WordPress 4.9.2

A security and maintenance release came out today. If you have automatic updates turned on, this should have happened or happen soon. If not, you will have to update manually. Here is more information: https://wordpress.org/news/2018/01/wordpress-4-9-2-security-and-maintenance-release/…Continue Reading WordPress 4.9.2

More compromised WordPress Plugins

Hi All, FYI. A few more WordPress plugins have been compromised. Check your installs to see if you are running these so you can remove them. See article below. Over the break three more WordPress plug-ins where found to have vulnerabilities.  There were others late in December.   Three WordPress Plugins Hiding a Backdoor The massive size… Continue Reading More compromised WordPress PluginsContinue Reading More compromised WordPress Plugins

WordPress 4.9.1

An update to WordPress was released today fixing a few security issues and some bugs. This update will patch WordPress 4.9 to 4.9.1 and 4.8.3 to 4.8.4 if you haven’t updated to feature release 4.9 yet. https://wordpress.org/news/2017/11/wordpress-4-9-1-security-and-maintenance-release/…Continue Reading WordPress 4.9.1

WordPress 4.8.2

WordPress 4.8.2 was released yesterday. It is a security and maintenance release and it is strongly recommended to update your sites immediately. Sites.uci.edu and Faculty.sites.uci.edu have been auto updated. More Information: https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/…Continue Reading WordPress 4.8.2