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WP 2.2 is a mandatory upgrade for 2.1.3 users

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Just a quick point of clarification. WordPress 2.2 is a mandatory security upgrade for WordPress 2.1.3 users. There will be no further releases in the 2.1.x branch. 2.2 includes security fixes that 2.1.3 lacks, so your only upgrade path is to 2.2.

The good news is that although a lot of under-the-surface code changed in 2.2, it’s not jarringly different from a usage standpoint. So if familiarity was holding you back from upgrading, it shouldn’t be.

Written by Mark Jaquith

May 21, 2007 at 1:25 pm

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  3. Thank you for making this known. :)

    carthik

    May 23, 2007 at 6:10 pm

  4. [...] Jaquith of Mark on WordPress clarifies that there will be no further releases in the 2.1.x branch. 2.2 includes security fixes [...]

  5. [...] Mark Jaquith (one of TPTB@WordPress) released a post that says 2.2 is a mandatory upgrade if you’re currently using 2.1.3, although there’s no explanation as to [...]

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    Blog Changes

    May 24, 2007 at 8:57 pm

  7. [...] Mark Jaquith has released a post a little while back letting all the WordPress 2.1.x users know that WordPress 2.2 means the end of the 2.1.x branch. There will continue to be security updates for 2.0.x but if you want to keep moving forward with the latest and greatest in WordPress, you need to get WordPress 2.2. [...]

  8. [...] Mark Jaquith has released a post a little while back letting all the WordPress 2.1.x users know that WordPress 2.2 means the end of the 2.1.x branch. There will continue to be security updates for 2.0.x but if you want to keep moving forward with the latest and greatest in WordPress, you need to get WordPress 2.2. [...]

  9. [...] want to reconsider. Mark Jaquith, one of the WordPress developers has explained on his blog that 2.2 includes mandatory security fixes. WordPress 2.2 is a mandatory security upgrade for WordPress 2.1.3 users. There will be no further [...]

  10. [...] avisando que, se o Mark Jaquith, um dos bam-bam-bams do WordPress, disse que o único caminho para quem está com WordPress 2.1.x é fazer o upgrade para 2.2, fazer o quê? Ainda bem que o updater do 2.2 é inteligente, reconhece se você tem instalado o [...]

  11. [...] It’s not an option, but a mandatory security fix. [...]

  12. [...] wanted to wait a while before upgrading to WordPress 2.2 but with the news that it is a mandatory update I decided to go ahead with the upgrade. I would suggest that all other WordPress 2.1.x users [...]

  13. Along with the bug fixes, WordPress 2.2 brings new bugs to the table: wp_mail removes the Content-Type, you can’t remove widgets in Firefox and all widgets are used by default… etc. You can check the bug list at trac.wordpress.org
    The official install guide is quite hard to understand so i decided to write a tutorial with pictures about how to upgrade to wordpress 2.2 and i allso describe the compatibility issues on widgets.

    WordPress

    May 28, 2007 at 2:44 am

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  15. [...] send it to me so that I could provide the rest of us with 2.1.3 instead of 2.1.2. Do note that the WordPress community won’t be providing further release in the 2.1 branch number. Then perhaps they should reconsider that preview in a new tab feature or probably make it an [...]

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  18. I’ve been using WP 2.2 for the last few days and honestly, from an author’s standpoint, I can hardly see any difference!

    I know there’s been a lot of work “under the hood” but upgrading from 2.1.3 has been painless… for me, at least.

    Claude Gelinas

    June 1, 2007 at 9:17 pm

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  20. [...] 在《WP 2.2 is a mandatory upgrade for 2.1.3 users》一文中說明 2.1.3 應該要升級成 2.2 的理由,很簡單: WordPress 2.2 is a [...]

  21. Goeie dag!
    Check this out!
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    Mario_gs

    June 11, 2007 at 11:35 am

  22. And some more..
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    Cristian_py

    June 11, 2007 at 11:35 am

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  25. [...] the “mandatory upgrade” of WordPress 2.2 has been out for some time now, it seems many people are still quite [...]

  26. [...] caso vi fosse sfuggito, WordPress 2.2.x è un mandatory upgrade per gli utenti della versione 2.1.x. Tradotto ai minimi termini: la versione 2.1.3 non verrà più [...]

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  28. [...] WordPress 2.0.x as the site engine. I was thinking of upgrading to 2.1.x but I stumbled upon this post, that states that the 2.1 version won’t get any updates. Therefore, I took the plunge and [...]

  29. Mark, will you provide patches for 2.2.2 -> 2.2.3?

    jimisola

    September 13, 2007 at 6:29 am

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