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Just a few minutes ago, the WordPress dev team released WordPress 3.0.2, a security release or security update that is mandatory for all self-hosted WordPress blogs.
WordPress 3.0.2 addresses a moderate security issue that could allow a malicious user with Author-level privileges to gain further access to the whole site/blog. This version also fixes several bugs and adds additional security enhancements.
If you have the time to do it now, don’t wait and immediately upgrade your WordPress installation to WordPress 3.0.2 especially if your blog has several author-level users. Although the WordPress dev team recommends that you upgrade immediately even if you don’t have other users or untrusted users.
You can download WordPress 3.0.2 manually from WordPress.org or do it automatically via the WordPress admin panel – Dashboard > Updates.
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@zammaz – The auto-upgrade feature via the dashboard is secure but personally, I prefer to do the upgrade manually. :)
Does it secure if I update directly from the dashboard.. I am afraid of errors like my friends' blog.
@Sourish – Are you doing the upgrade manually or automatically? If this is the first time experienced this type of problem then yeah, its best to talk to your webhost. There might have been some file permission changes done to your server without your knowledge.
Btw, who’s your webhosting provider?
still having issues with the upgrade here , the installer will stop at the middle of the upgrade and show some write error or permissions ..
neeed to talk to my web host …. that is the problem with VPS … you have to do all yourself …