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We’ve upgraded the [WordPress](http://wordpress.org) autoinstaller
on scripts.mit.edu to install WordPress version 2.8.5. This is the
most current stable version of WordPress, and includes
[several security hardening improvements backported from the upcoming WordPress 2.9 release](http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/).