WordPress 2.5.1 Available, Upgrade!

WordPress_logo First update for WordPress 2.5 branch has been released. WordPress 2.5.1 contains performance improvements along with critical security fixes for vulnerabilities which are not public yet. Totally, WP 2.5.1 contains over 70 bug fixes.

If you are using WordPress Automatic Upgrade Plugin, then upgrading shouldn’t be a problem. For others, (as always) I have put together an express upgrade zip, which contains only files that have been modified subsequent to WP 2.5. You may download it from here [411 KB].

Likewise, if you are only concerned about security fixes, you need to upgrade just 3 files (wp-includes/pluggable.php, wp-admin/includes/media.php, and wp-admin/media.php).

Just keep in mind that you need to be running WP 2.5 to do an express upgrade to WP 2.5.1, else you’ll need to download the whole WP 2.5.1 package for here and then perform the upgrade. More details on the upgrading are available in Codex.

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This post was published by on April 27, 2008

About the Author: Thilak Rao works as a Social Media Expert. He is one of the first professional bloggers from India, and he loves to write, travel and click photos. Follow him on Twitter @thilak

  • http://www.funthusia.com Sameer

    Hmm…

    Me still on WordPress 2.3…

    Everyday, I think I’ll upgrade today and as soon as I am online I get immersed so easily that i forget it…At the end of it I kick myself for another day gone without wordpress 2.5…

  • http://indiandevs.com/technoworld SIddharth

    nice news :)

  • http://www.funfilledblog.org/ Johnson

    Hey buddy can you re-upload the rar file as my WinRar says:
    wp2.5_2.5.1_express.zip: The archive is corrupt
    wp2.5_2.5.1_express.zip: The archive is corrupt

    please check !

  • http://www.discountwebdesign.co.uk Ralph

    I still had the version 2.3.3 on my blog, so I had to upgrade everything. I heard a lot of bad about the 2.5 version but I find this new updated version very nice.

  • http://www.greatpriceshere.com Nicole Price

    Thank you.

  • http://tech-buzz.net Thilak

    Johnson: Sorry, unknowingly I had uploaded those files in ASCII mode. Just re-uploaded them. Thanks for the heads-up

  • http://www.gadgets4nowt.co.uk Wii

    Thilak, how much effort does it take to get your blog looking pristine, it is always heavy on the imagery and very eye catching.

  • http://www.theofftopic.com/ The Off Topic

    On it…. I’ve got too many blogs to update. DOH! (over 40)

  • http://www.24hourtrading.co.uk/blog/ Rob Scott

    Likewise, I’ve got a lot to update! However, its generally worthwhile to get things up to date. I find it is quickest to get in using puTTy, and unzip the whole shebang there.

  • http://abhisays.com Abhishek Kumar

    Oh, every month wordpress comes with new versions.. Why don’t they release some stable version ? Every month I have to upgrade my wordpress powered blogs..