2718.us blog » wp2.5.1 http://2718.us/blog Miscellaneous Technological Geekery Tue, 18 May 2010 02:42:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Another WordPress+bbPress Integration Gotcha http://2718.us/blog/2008/05/01/another-wordpressbbpress-integration-gotcha/ http://2718.us/blog/2008/05/01/another-wordpressbbpress-integration-gotcha/#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:37:29 +0000 2718.us http://2718.us/blog/?p=33 Somehow (my best guess is it happened with the database update in the WP2.5.1 upgrade), the database secret, stored as “secret” and visible on /wp-admin/options.php, changed making the logins for bbPress and WordPress clobber each other (both apps using the same cookie, but each app rewriting the cookie with its own contents, rather than recognizing the other app’s contents).  If you’re having trouble with WordPress 2.5.1 + bbPress 0.9.0.2, especially if you’ve already watched the cookies go by and are sure that both apps are using the same cookie, check your secret (in bbPress, it’s in Admin > Settings > WP Integration).

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WordPress 2.5.1 http://2718.us/blog/2008/04/25/wordpress-251/ http://2718.us/blog/2008/04/25/wordpress-251/#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:16:45 +0000 2718.us http://2718.us/blog/?p=29 The .1 update that many people said they were waiting for is here. (And there are reminders all over every admin page on my blog, too.)

Version 2.5.1 of WordPress is now available. It includes a number of bug fixes, performance enhancements, and one very important security fix. We recommend everyone update immediately, particularly if your blog has open registration. The vulnerability is not public but it will be shortly.

The notice also mentioned the SECRET_KEY thing that I talked about yesterday and gave a link to auto-generate the line for wp-config.php:

Since 2.5 your wp-config.php file allows a new constant called SECRET_KEY which basically is meant to introduce a little permanent randomness into the cryptographic functions used for cookies in WordPress. You can visit this link we set up to get a unique secret key for your config file. (It’s unique and random on every page load.) Having this line in your config file helps secure your blog.

Upgrading took me about 15 seconds (as usual), mostly to find the svn command in the codex again and then a few seconds to run it and a few seconds in hitting the “database upgrade” page on the site before things were all done.

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