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WordPress, With Release 4.1, Aims to Be Distraction-Free

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Sean Michael Kerner
Dec 19, 2014

One of the most interesting minor fixes in WordPress 4.1 corrects what is labeled by WordPress developers as a “suspicious comment” in a piece of WordPress’ php code. The class.smtp.php file had a comment in it that stated “hacked by Lance Rushing.”

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Sean Michael Kerner

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