{"id":2169,"date":"2011-07-26T02:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-26T07:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2169"},"modified":"2011-07-26T02:15:40","modified_gmt":"2011-07-26T07:15:40","slug":"make-sure-your-wordpress-plugins-are-up-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2011\/07\/26\/make-sure-your-wordpress-plugins-are-up-to-date","title":{"rendered":"Make sure your WordPress plugins are up-to-date"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is probably stating the obvious, but make sure your plugins in WordPress are up-to-date. You keep up with the latest WordPress releases (and you should &#8212; there are lots of security fixes within releases), but you also have to make sure that the plugins are updated.<\/p>\n<p>I deploy some systems using SVN, and on some sites, make use of the Disqus plugin for commenting. 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