The 42nd Estate

On sites running Wordpress 2.9, we’ve noticed a small bug appear on a few installations. After the upgrade it appears the timezone settings get misconfigured AND scheduled posts don’t publish on time. If the timezone was manually set (e.g. using UTC +/-), after the upgrade it would reset to a value one lower/higher and on certain server configurations scheduled posts simply wouldn’t publish.

One feature that I struggled using was the Batch Plugin Updater. Not because it’s hard to use (it’s quite the opposite), but because I couldn’t find it! Turns out the batch plugin updater is tucked in under Tools –> Upgrade.

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So far, the Marketing workshops organized by the BRA and the City of Boston have been a great success. The crowd yesterday was awesome, involved and asked lots of questions. If you were at either of the events this week and have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below or send us an e-mail.

Wordpress 2.8.5 has just been released. The main additions are security tweaks, which makes the update a must download.