New TurnKey WordPress version (2009.10)

Liraz Siri — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:35:00 +0000

Appliance:

WordPress Appliance

Upgraded to Wordpress 2.8.4
- Using upstream tarball instead of deb package as it now includes an integrated upgrade mechanism.
added useful/popular wordpress plugins:
- All in One SEO Pack
- Google XML Sitemaps
- NextGEN Gallery
- WordPress.com Stats
- WP Super Cache
- Contact Form 7
- Sociable
- Viper's Video Quicktags
- Simple Tags
- WP-DB-Backup
- Google Analytics for WordPress
- WP-Polls
- podPress
- WP-PageNavi
- OZH admin dropdown menu
- Cforms
- MaxBlogPress ping optimizer
PHPMyAdmin improvements:
- Added pmadb (linked tables) advanced features to PHPMyAdmin (LP#426303).
- Pinned PHPMyAdmin to update directly from Debian (security).
di-live (installer) MySQL component
- Added support for complex passwords (LP#416515).
- Added CLI options (user/pass/query/chroot).
Bugfix: Removed build systems hostname from MySQL user table.
Regenerates all secrets during installation / firstboot (security).

Note: Please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.

New TurnKey WordPress appliance (2009.03-hardy)

Alon Swartz — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:09:23 +0000

Appliance:

WordPress Appliance

Release focus: Initial release.

Initial public release of TurnKey Linux WordPress
SSL support out of the box
Includes postfix MTA (bound to localhost) for sending of email from WordPress (e.g., password recovery).
Also includes webmin postfix module for convenience.
Improvements to default WordPress configuration
- Uploading of media (images, videos, etc.) supported
- Permalinks configuration supported through admin console (convenience)
- Automatic plugin upgrades supported (convenience)
- Fixed password reset link bug (Debian #519798)
- Auto-install security updates directly from debian stable (security)
- Suppress annoying new version messages (updated directly from debian)
- wp_siteurl and wp_home are set automatically using HTTP_HOST
- Welcome post includes useful information and login credentials
Regenerate WordPress secret key and its mysql password during installation (security)
MySQL related
- Includes PhpMyAdmin (listening on port 12322 - uses SSL)
- Set empty MySQL root password in live/demo mode (for convenience)
- Support configuring MySQL root password during installation

Note: please refer to turnkey-core's changelog for changes common to all appliances. Here we only describe changes specific to this appliance.