Download WordPress 3.0.1

The first bug-fixing update to the latest version of the popular open-source blogging platform WordPress has been released. WordPress 3.0.1 is a minor release fixing several bugs still left in WordPress 3.0. In total, 55 issues have been resolved for this release. Note that if you updated your install as soon as the new version became available, within 20 minutes or so, you will have to re-install it.

“After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one, Bug fixes to make you smile, Update your WordPress. This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior to the release of 3.0 helped make it one of the best and most stable releases we’ve had,” WordPress’ Andrew Nacin announced.

The only notable, barely, update is the new ‘unregister_nav_menu()’ method for child themes. Other than that, it’s bug fixes, some small additions and tweaks. WordPress says that 3.0 was one of the most stable releases to date and, as such, hasn’t required that many fixes so far. You can check out the full list of fixes and updates in the WordPress bug tracker. 

The developers warn that if you managed to update your install as soon as it became available, sooner that 22:00 UTC, you should re-install it. WordPress doesn’t specify why, but it looks like it may have been a last minute omission that somehow slipped through. “If you downloaded 3.0.1 in the first 20 minutes of release (before 2200 UTC), you’ll want to reinstall it, which you can do right from your Updates screen. Our bad,” WordPress warns.

WordPress 3.0.1 is available for download here on Softpedia.