[Updates] WordPress 3.1.1 Released

UPDATE Apr 9, 2011 10:28AM CDT — Softaculous has been updated now to include WordPress 3.1.1. If you installed WordPress with Softaculous or Fantastico you can now use the Softaculous link to upgrade to version 3.1.1. If you previously used this link to upgrade your WordPress script you may want to check again and make sure you have applied the 3.1.1 update. Sorry for the confusion with this.

UPDATE Apr 8, 2011 09:01AM CDT — It looks like WordPress 3.1.1 being included in Softaculous was in error. Softaculous does not yet have WordPress 3.1.1. We will update this post again when this becomes available in Softaculous. Users who installed WordPress through Softaculous or Fantastico may want to hold off on upgrading until it is made available. You can check the Softaculous interface in your cPanel periodically to see if the upgrade has become available for you.

A new version of the popular blogging script WordPress has been released, version 3.1.1. All users are encouraged to upgrade.

There are known security issues with versions prior to 3.1.1, so all users need to upgrade!

Release notes for WordPress 3.1.1 are available at:

http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/

SOFTACULOUS – The update to 3.1.1 should also be available to you in the Softaculous interface if you installed WordPress from Softaculous. While you can probably upgrade WordPress through the WordPress Admin Dashboard interface, if you installed WordPress with Softaculous and you do not update it through Softaculous, then Softaculous will not know that you updated, and this can create a version mismatch. If you installed WordPress through Softaculous or the old Fantastico interface, you should upgrade WordPress through the Softaculous interface.

Plugins – Take this opportunity to insure that all of the plugins, components, and themes you have installed for your WordPress script are up-to-date and secure. If you keep the core WordPress script up-to-date, but fail to keep any plugins up-to-date, then you are still vulnerable to attack. Updates to any plugins or components are made with the intent of fixing security issues, so these need to be kept up-to-date as well.

Steven