WordPress 2.1.1 security problem requires attention

Because technology always kicks you in the shins at the most inopportune time.

The last thing I want to do in the middle of a conference is to take you away from our coverage. However, there’s been a serious security breech in the code for WordPress 2.1.1, which is the version I installed on the blog just a few days ago, and it requires immediate upgrade to a patched version. If you are running WordPress 2.1.1, upgrade as soon as possible.

My plan is to get the blog back up and running on a very basic level as soon as possible, so that bloggers can continue to post, and you can continue to read content by both feed and on the home page on the site. However, because I’ll be traveling today, and many tweaks and customizations exist in our templates and plugins, you should anticipate things being broken and perhaps even ugly here on the actual site for a little while. I’ll see what I can do complete things as soon as I can.

Wish me luck!