Automattic JetPack Stats Plugin Hijacks Comments on Self-Hosted WordPress Blogs without Permission
November 21, 2011 · 26 comments
by BufferShare
One of the benefits of knowing really sharp bloggers is they notice and warn other bloggers right away of changes that are detrimental to their blogs.
When business coach and online project management consultant Vernessa Taylor noticed that the subscribe to comments function Ileane usually used was replaced by an email from WordPress.com, they discussed the issue and realized the latest update of JetPack Stats – a WordPress provided stats plugin – was the culprit.
The New version WordPress 3.0 – otherwise called “Thelonious”
The thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download
Major Changes:
New default theme called Twenty Ten
Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies.
Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation.
New lighter interface
The contextual help on every screen,
1,217 bug fixes
Feature enhancements
Bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click
WordPress creator Mullenweg is many bloggers’ best friend
By Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — While still in high school in Texas, Matt Mullenweg created blogging software he hoped would be easier and prettier to use. Less than six years later, Mullenweg’s WordPress has become the No. 2 blogging platform behind Google’s Blogger, signing up 10,000 new bloggers daily.
WordPress has become so entrenched on the Web that many of the biggest names use it now — a roster that includes CNN, Fox News and The New York Times, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Coca-Cola and General Electric, along with millions of ordinary bloggers.
The first thing you’ll notice about 2.7 is its new interface. From the top down, we’ve listened to your feedback and thought deeply about the design and the result is a WordPress that’s just plain faster. Nearly every task you do on your blog will take fewer clicks and be faster in 2.7 than it did in a previous version. (Download it now, or read on for more.)
My comments:
This is a terrific upgrade to WordPress. Not so much from the visitor’s perspective, but from administration. The administration is incredibly clean, easy to locate anything and laid out beautifully. Great Job!
