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WordPress Automatically Updates to Version 3.8.1

Jan 29, 2014
1 minute read

Millions of open-source WordPress administrators around the world were greeted with emails last week, telling them that their WordPress installations were automatically updated.

“Howdy! Your site at [http://sitename.com] has been updated automatically to WordPress 3.8.1.,” is the automated message sent from WordPress installations that many administrators received. “No further action is needed on your part.”

Read the full story at eWEEK:
WordPress 3.8.1 Updates Open-Source CMS

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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