WordPress 2.8.2 released

WordPress 2.8.2 has been recently released by WordPress.org. It fixes a XSS vulnerability in WordPress. The vulnerability would allow a hacker / cracker to add exploit code to the comments author url, as the comment author url’s were not fully sanitized when displaying in the admin. This could be exploited to forexample redirecting the admin […]

[Solved]Incompatible archive PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT (-10) : Invalid archive structure

With the release of wordpress 2.8 there was an error while installing some plugins on the wordpress from admin panel. This error was not fixed till wp 2.8.1 When the admin tries to install the plugi, it gives the following error: Installing Plugin: —————– Downloading install package from http://———————-.com Unpacking the package. Incompatible archive PCLZIP_ERR_BAD_FORMAT […]

Upgrading from WordPress 2.8 to 2.8.1 (Manual and automatic)

WordPress released WordPress 2.8.1 Here we will discuss how to upgrade wordpress from version 2.8 to 2.8.1 automatically and then manually. First we will make sure how to backup the install. Backup your current WordPress blog If you have any recent backup of your wordpress blog, then its fine, you can keep it as the […]

WordPress 2.8.1 Relesed

Today WordPress announced the released of the version 2.8.1 which is mainly a security and bug fixes release. It fixes many bugs inlcuding dashboard memory usage issue encountered by some users and fixes some security issues like visibility of the admin pages of some plugins even if the person is not logged in. This release […]

How to get WordPress site Indexed in google in less than 12 hours

Well yes! you read it right! its not less than a month, not a week, not a day (24 hour) but its far less than 12 hours! I created this blog today around 12 hours ago. Made a few quality posts, around 7 and now when i checked the blog at night, it was listed […]

WordPress 2.8-3.0 file / image upload error fix

While uploading the image to the gallery on WordPress 2.8, i found out that it was giving me this error: Unable to create directory /the/path/here/. Is its parent directory writable by the server? This can be caused by some misconfiguration, including shifting the blog server or directory. The solution to this issue is simple: Goto […]

10 Things to do as soon as you Install WordPress

In this article i am going to point out the ten basic things that you should do as soon as you install fresh WordPress on your domain. These will help you to flow in an organized way along with minimum loss of time and data. (This article does not explain how to install wordpress, please […]