WordPress 2.6.1 is Optional Upgrade

August 16th, 2008 | Filed under Blogging, Tips, WordPress.

WordPress 2.6.1, the ‘maintenance release’ of WordPress 2.6 is released and this time you need not upgrade if all functions are working fine. Announcing the release, WP guys say “If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it. You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 is getting the job done.”

WordPress 2.6.1 fixes over 60 bugs, but the major improvements are

Styling of the admin for right-to-left languages is improved
Gettext bug caused by certain PHP configurations is fixed.
For IIS users, it fixes several permalink problems.
Image insertion problems in the Press This feature in IE fixed.
A fix for a performance bug in the admin where those with a lot of plugins would experience slowness on some pages.

Download WordPress 2.6.1. If you want a quicker upgrade, they provide a full diff and list of changed files, which you can selectively upgrade to get the new version.

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Comments

Ajay | 17/08/08

Hi,

I’ve created a ZIP file with the changed files that users can use to upgrade from 2.6 to 2.6.1.
Gravity | 17/08/08

hmm… i still upgraded mine anyway…
Kevin | 18/08/08

I laugh a loud, jolly laugh whenever my copy of Wordpress tells me to upgrade to 2.6.1.

“You want me to upgrade, do you? Well, Wordpress, may I humbly suggest you take a hike!”

I know it’s strange. I guess I’m so defiant with Wordpress to make up for how timid and afraid I am of other humans.
Niyaz | 18/08/08

Is there any security fixes?
QuickOnlineTips | 19/08/08

@Niyaz - It seems there are no security fixes in this one, or they would have made it essential.
Chief | 10/09/08

I am finding it impossible to upgrade from 2.5 to 2.6. My hosting is on Go Daddy - all the sites on Network Solutions upgraded without a problem. But when I upgrade to 2.6 on the Go Daddy hosting account everything seems to go well until I have to log back in after the installation. The old password does not work and I request a new password. That doesn’t work either - so I have had to go back to 2.5 just to get the site to display. Any ideas? Thanks, Chief