The 2009 editions

2009

12 editions of WordPress news, month by month.

WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.9 “Carmen” Ships

And a New Default Theme Is Promised

DealsJoost de Valk buys The WordPress Podcast

CommunityCore team in Orlando

December 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8.6 Release

WordPress 2.9 Enters Beta and Wins Best Open Source CMS

CoreBug hunts

CommunityWordCamp NYC

November 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8.5 Hardening Release

And Plugin Compatibility Beta

CoreGetting ready for the 2.9 beta

SecurityTrackback DoS

October 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

A Worm Hits Old WordPress Sites

And Automattic Buys After the Deadline

CoreLegacy support debated

SecurityWho was affected

September 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8.4 Fixes a Password Reset

Flaw as Gravity Forms Launches

CoreWordPress 2.8.3

SecurityPrivilege escalation

August 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8.2 Release

“Themes Are GPL, Too” and Two Security Releases for WordPress 2.8

CoreWordPress 2.8.1

SecurityPlugin admin pages exposed

July 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8 “Baker” Brings New Widgets

And Dashboard Theme Installs

CoreRelease date set

CommunityWordCamp Dallas

June 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.8 Betas

And the WordPress MU Merger Announcement

CommunityWordCamp San Francisco

May 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

BuddyPress 1.0 Arrives

And Automattic Buys Blo.gs

CoreThe 24-hour has-patch marathon

April 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

P2 Relaunches Prologue

And WordPress Recruits for Summer of Code

CoreContributing to WordPress, Part I

March 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress 2.7.1 Ships

And Plugin Search Gets a Rebuild

CommunityWordCamp Germany

February 2009
WP Edition
Cover story

WordPress.tv Launches

As the Plugin Directory Passes 4,000

CoreWordPress 2.7 adoption

January 2009