WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. We recommend everyone upgrade to this release.
The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from [...]

The community has voted, and the votes have been tallied. The winner of Project Icon, with 35% of the votes, is Entry ID “BD,” otherwise known as Ben Dunkle. Congratulations, Ben! The runner-up was VS, otherwise known as Verena Segert, so we’ll be attaching that set to the alternate color palette that is selectable from [...]

WordPress 2.7 Beta 3 has been released for your testing pleasure. Here are some of the changes since Beta 2 (over 160 changes in total):

Numerous style improvements and refinements.
All admin notices now go under the page title.
PHP Notice fixes.
Dashboard widget options now properly save.
Menu fixes.
New design for Quick Edit.
Canonical feed URL fixes.
Walker fixes.
An update [...]

Earlier in the beta period, we put out a call here on the development blog for designers in the WordPress community who might be interested in designing custom icons for the 2.7 admin interface. Over a dozen icon designers from around the world responded, so rather than choose just one, we decided to turn the [...]

WordPress 2.7 Beta 2 is ready.  Here is a quick rundown of changes since beta 1.

The Upload button didn’t always show. Fixed.
JS on the Dashboard broke for blogs with no comments, causing several UI elements to “freeze”. Fixed.
Recent Drafts Dashboard module didn’t show correct times. Fixed.
Various Autosave fixes.
Redirect after deleting a page from the editor [...]

There have been a lot of posts and twitter announcements by people checking out the WordPress 2.7 Beta since it was announced yesterday. What’s your favorite thing about 2.7 so far? Or if you haven’t made the leap yet, to which feature are you most looking forward? Tell us in the poll below.
What [...]