I figured I’d maintain a changelog for The Ed Zone, even if it is just for my reference. After all, this is nerdery in its finest form — Sean

3/13/2022

• Updated to WordPress 5.9.2

9/13/2021

• Updated to WordPress 5.8.1

5/19/2021

• Updated to WordPress 5.7.2

2/3/2021

• Updated to WordPress 5.6.1

9/1/2020

• Updated to WordPress 5.5.1
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WP Database Backup plugins
• Enabled plugin auto updates

6/26/2020

• Updated Akismet

6/3/2020

• Updated Jetpack

5/11/2020

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated WP Database Backup plugin

4/30/2020

• Updated to WordPress 5.4.1
• Updated Akismet

4/15/2020

• Updated Jetpack

3/17/2020

• Happy Evacuation Day
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

2/19/2020

• Updated Jetpack
• Removed BackUpWordPress plugin
• Installed WP Database Backup plugin

1/27/2020

• Updated Jetpack

1/6/2020

• Updated to WordPress 5.3.2
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

9/30/2019

• Updated Jetpack

7/30/2019

• Updated Jetpack

7/15/2019

• Updated Jetpack

6/28/2019

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

5/28/2019

• Updated Hello Dolly plugin

5/21/2019

• Updated to WordPress 5.2.1
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

5/13/2019

• Updated to WordPress 5.2
• Updated Jetpack

4/17/2019

• Updated Jetpack

4/1/2019

• This is no joke…
• Updated to WordPress 5.1.1
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

1/29/2019

• Thirteen year anniversary!
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

12/13/2018

• Updated to WordPress 5.0.1
• Updated Jetpack

12/4/2018

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

11/7/2018

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

10/19/2018

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

8/14/2018

• Updated Jetpack

8/6/2018

• Updated Jetpack

6/26/2018

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

5/31/2018

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

5/14/2018

• Updated Jetpack

4/4/2018

• Updated Jetpack

3/26/2018

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

1/29/2018

• Twelve year anniversary!
• Tweaked theme home page footer to remove Links, Facebook activity and Recent Popular posts
• Tweaked theme sidebar on post pages to remove Links and Facebook activity
• Removed Pinterest and G+ button on theme home and post page footers and blog page sidebar
• Reactivated Jetpack

1/19/2018

• Updated Jetpack

1/4/2018

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

12/12/2017

• Updated Jetpack

11/16/2017

• Updated to WordPress 4.9
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

10/17/2017

• Updated Jetpack

9/21/2017

• Updated Akismet

9/6/2017

• Destiny 2 release day
• Updated Jetpack

8/3/2017

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

6/9/2017

• Gronk’s favorite day
• Updated to WordPress 4.8

6/6/2017

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/29/2017

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

1/25/2017

• Updated Jetpack

1/5/2017

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

12/7/2016

• Updated to WordPress 4.7
• Updated Jetpack

11/22/2016

• Updated Jetpack

10/26/2016

• Updated Jetpack

10/7/2016

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

8/16/2016

• Updated to WordPress 4.6
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

7/7/2016

• On the seventh day of the seventh month… Happy Bungie Day!
• Updated Jetpack

6/27/2016

• Updated Jetpack

5/16/2016

• Updated Akismet

5/4/2016

• May the fourth be with you… Happy Star Wars Day!
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

4/26/2016

• Updated Jetpack

4/12/2016

• Updated to WordPress 4.5

4/1/2016

• This is no joke…
• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/10/2016

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

2/16/2016

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/26/2016

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/4/2016

• Updated Akismet

12/29/2015

• Updated Jetpack

12/14/2015

• Updated to WordPress 4.4
• Updated Akismet
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

12/7/2015

• A date which will live in infamy… It is Pearl Harbor Day
• Updated Jetpack

11/19/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

11/5/2015

• Remember, remember… It is Guy Fawkes Day!
• Updated Jetpack

10/21/2015

• Great Scott! It is Back to the Future Day!
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

9/15/2015

• Updated to WordPress 4.3.1
• Updated Jetpack

8/4/2015

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated WordPress Database Backup plugin

7/14/2015

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated WordPress Database Backup plugin

6/15/2015

• Updated Akismet
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

5/12/2015

• Updated Jetpack

4/30/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

4/27/2015

• Updated to WordPress 4.2.1
• Updated Jetpack

4/1/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/27/2015

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/17/2015

• Updated Akismet
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/3/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

2/20/2015

• Updated Jetpack

2/12/2015

• Updated Jetpack

2/6/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/26/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/21/2015

• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/6/2015

• Updated to WordPress 4.1

12/18/2014

• Updated Jetpack

12/13/14 😎

• Updated Akismet
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

11/20/2014

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress and Google XML Sitemaps plugins

10/31/2014

• Updated Jetpack

9/9/2014

• Updated to WordPress 4.0

9/4/2014

• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

8/29/2014

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack

7/14/2014

• Updated Akismet
• Updated flickrRSS plugin

7/8/2014

• Updated flickrRSS plugin

6/30/2014

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

6/11/2014

• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

5/28/2014

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

5/13/2014

• Updated to WordPress 3.9.1
• Updated Akismet
• Updated BackUpWordPress and Google XML Sitemaps plugins

4/15/2014

• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

3/23/2014

• Updated Akismet
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/3/2014

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

2/5/2014

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

1/1/2014

• Deleted WPtouch and WordPress.com Stats plugins

12/13/2013

• Updated to WordPress 3.8
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated WPtouch plugin

12/8/2013

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch

11/12/13 😎

• Updated to WordPress 3.7.1
• Updated BackUpWordPress and Google XML Sitemaps plugins

9/21/2013

• Updated Jetpack

9/14/2013

• Updated to WordPress 3.6.1
• Updated Akismet and Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

6/5/2013

• Updated User Agent 007 pepper for Mint
  

5/24/2013

• Updated Jetpack
• Tweaked theme/CSS to hide FB Activity borders and remove duplicate OpenGraph in headers since Jetpack has apparently been adding most of that automagically

3/31/2013

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated BackUpWordPress plugin

3/7/2013

• Deactivated WordPress Database Backup plugin
• Installed BackUpWordPress plugin

3/5/2013

• Updated to WordPress 3.5.1
• Updated Akismet and Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps and Most Popular Posts plugins

12/12/12 😎

• Updated to WordPress 3.5

12/01/2012

• Updated Jetpack
• Deactivated WPtouch plugin

10/29/2012

• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Most Popular Posts plugin

9/16/2012

• Updated to WordPress 3.4.2
• Updated Jetpack

8/20/2012

• Updated Google XML Sitemaps plugin

8/6/2012

• Updated Jetpack

7/3/2012

• Updated to WordPress 3.4.1

6/23/2012

• Updated Jetpack
• Changed theme to use static page settings for front and posts pages
• Added appropriate links to main navigation for Home and Blog pages
• Split up comments and pingbacks on the post pages

6/16/2012

• Updated to WordPress 3.4
• Updated Jetpack
• Activated Jetpack Comments widget

6/9/2012

• Updated WPtouch plugin

5/28/2012

• Added a Contact form using Jetpack
• Added Pinterest buttons to home and post pages

5/27/2012

• Updated Jetpack

4/29/2012

• Updated Akismet plugin

4/25/2012

• Updated to WordPress 3.2.2
• Updated Jetpack
• Updated Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

4/14/2012

• Updated Jetpack

2/20/2012

• Updated theme to make menu bar fixed with a sliding logo to pages that have a menu

2/18/2012

• Updated WPtouch plugin

1/29/2012

• ZonEd 5 theme is implemented in honor of six years of blogging here. First theme update since 3/30/2009!
• Added Most Popular Posts and Email Subscribe (from Jetpack) widgets
• Adjusted some settings in WPtouch and added new logo icon
• Updated Mint to 2.19 and the Nametags, User Agent 007 and iPhone peppers

1/28/2012

• Updated Extended Comment Options and WPtouch plugins

1/15/2012

• Updated to WordPress 3.3.1
• Updated Akismet and WPtouch plugins

1/2/2012

• Installed Jetpack
• Deleted WordPress.com Stats plugin (now included in Jetpack)

12/26/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.3
• Upgraded flickrRSS plugin

10/26/2011

• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

10/1/2011

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps, WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins

8/7/2011

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

7/12/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.2.1

7/8/2011

• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

7/5/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.2

6/30/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.4
• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

5/25/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.3

4/26/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.2
• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

4/5/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.1.1
• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

2/23/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.1
• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

2/11/2011

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.5
• Upgraded Akismet, WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins
• Deactivated flickrRSS plugin

1/12/2011

• Removed Flickr photos
• Moved About blurb to footer for pagers other than home to replace Flickr photos

12/31/2010

• Upgraded Akismet, WordPressDatabase Backup and WPtouch plugins

12/29/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.4

12/10/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.3
• Upgraded Akismet and WPtouch plugins

12/1/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.2
• Upgraded Akismet, WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins
• Deleted Analytics360 plugin

8/15/2010

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats and WPtouch plugins
• Deactivated Analytics360 plugin
• Fixed Next and Previous page links on list pages

8/2/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0.1

7/14/2010

• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

7/5/2010

• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

6/21/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 3.0
• Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

6/9/2010

• Upgraded Akismet, Google XML Sitemaps and WPtouch plugins

5/6/2010

• Upgraded WPtouch plugin

4/29/2010

• Installed WPtouch plugin
• Upgraded Analytics360 plugin

4/18/2010

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

4/1/2010

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

3/12/2010

• Upgraded Analytics360 plugin

2/24/2010

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

2/15/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.9.2

1/20/2010

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin
• Removed Click Tags, Easy Gravatars and WP-RSSImport plugins

1/4/2010

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.9.1

12/28/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.9
• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps and WordPress.com Stats plugins

11/25/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

11/15/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

11/12/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.6

11/10/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

10/30/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

10/20/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.5

10/10/2009

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats and WP-RSSImport plugins

9/5/2009

• Upgraded Analytics360 and Google XML Sitemaps plugins
• Upgraded User Agent 007 pepper for Mint

8/12/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.4
• Upgraded Analytics360 plugin

8/3/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.3

7/20/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.2
• Upgraded Akismet plugin

7/19/2009

• Upgraded WP-RSSImport plugin
• Upgraded Default pepper for Mint

7/14/2009

• Upgraded to PHP 5.2.6 from PHP 4.4.9
• Installed Analytics360 plugin

7/13/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8.1
• Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

6/23/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

6/20/2009

• Upgraded WP-RSSImport plugin

6/15/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.8
• Upgraded WP-RSSImport plugin

6/7/2009

• Upgraded Google XML Sitemaps plugin

6/3/2009

• Upgraded Akismet plugin

5/27/2009

• Upgraded WP-RSSImport plugin

5/8/2009

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

5/6/2009

• Upgraded flickrRSS and WP-RSSImport plugins

4/26/2009

• Upgraded Extended Comment Options, WordPress.com Stats and WP-RSSImport plugins

4/12/2009

• Upgraded to Mint 2.17

4/10/2009

• Changed Google Analytics from urchin.js to ga.js

3/30/2009

• Zoned 4.0 is implemented in honor of the 4th year of blogging here. I also like to think of this one as Narcissism 1.0. Oh, and there’s some Google AdSense here just to be evil. You know… like Google.

3/29/2009

• Installed Google XML Sitemaps plugin

2/28/2009

• Upgraded Crush pepper for Mint

2/13/2009

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

2/10/2009

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.7.1

2/8/2009

• Upgraded flickrRSS plugin

1/30/2009

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

1/17/2009

• Added a modified version of Most Popular plugin
• Added Recent Popular Posts blocks to sidebar of most pages

12/19/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
• Removed Easy Gravatars, Comment Timeout and WP-RSSImport plugins
• Template changes for 2.7
• Use built-in avatar support instead of plugin
• Upgraded to Mint 2.16

12/10/2008

• Upgraded WordPressDatabase Backup plugin

12/5/2008

• Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

11/28/2008

• Upgraded Akismet plugin

11/26/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.5

11/20/2008

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

10/24/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.3

10/21/2008

• Upgraded Akismet plugin

9/9/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.2

9/4/2008

• Upgraded Akismet, RSS Import and WordPressDatabase Backup plugins
• Deactivated RSS Import plugin since Avault started redirecting all feeds to Feedburner and we can no longer get an exclusive feed of Ed’s Avault posts
• Removed the “Ed @ Avault” section from the sidebar and added a link to his category in the Blogroll instead

8/21/2008

• Upgraded WordPressDatabase Backup plugin

8/17/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1

8/2/2008

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

7/18/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.6

7/11/2008

• Upgraded Akismet and WordPress.com Stats plugins

6/1/2008

• Upgraded Akismet plugin

5/3/2008

• Upgraded Customizable Comment Listings, flickrRSS and WordPress.com Stats plugins

4/26/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.5.1

4/4/2008

• Upgraded WordPress.com Stats plugin

4/2/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.5

3/30/2008

• Upgraded Click Tags plugin

3/9/2008

• Display expanded excerpt with images on front page
• Added footer logo
• Added favicon
• Figured out why Next and Previous page links were not working on Main template and fixed
• Upgraded Easy Gravatar plugin

3/4/2008

• Squashed a bug for left-creeping comments in IE6 (see 3/2/2006 for same issue). This time I will say that it was due to padding-bottom on the list element. WTF!

2/29/2008

• In honor of this blog’s 2nd anniversary (a month late), the design was updated to ZonEd 3.0!
• Added plugins for RSSImport, Xbox Gamercard and Gravatars.

2/17/2008

• Upgraded Akismet plugin

2/6/2008

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.3

12/29/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.2

12/8/2007

• Gave the design a holiday flair to celebrate the season
• Blogroll uses upgraded listing function
• Tag list/archive page now handles title correctly

10/28/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1

10/14/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.3
• Upgraded some plug-ins
• Added a spot to display Tags in the template

9/9/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.3

8/6/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.2

6/23/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.2.1

5/17/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.2

4/24/2007

• Added the Comment Timeout plug-in to help kill some spam comments that are getting past Akismet

4/4/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.3

3/3/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.2

3/2/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.1.1

2/25/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.1

1/29/2007

• In honor of this blog’s 1st anniversary, the design was updated to ZonEd 2.0!

1/18/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.7

1/8/2007

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.6

11/1/2006

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.5

9/15/2006

• Fixed a little bug that prevented searching from pages other than the home page. All I did was add a single slash. I hate when that happens!

8/3/2006

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.4

6/9/2006

• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.3
• Upgraded to Mint 1.29

4/4/2006

• Added Google Analytics

3/17/2006

• Added Last 100 Comments page in honor of reaching 100 comments (thanks to JFCC) and Ed’s first real spam comment (conicidentally ocurring on the same day)
• Added link to Last 100 Comments below Recent Comments in footerbar
• Removed border and padding from Smiley images when they appear in full post body
• Added the Mint stat tracking software in honor of St. Patricks Day (they’re both green???)
• Added a DreamHost link and the template name to the footer
• Added this Changelog!

3/11/2006

• Added the display of two more flickr thumbnails to make four (hopefully this will help readers more easily identify when new photos show up)
• Permalinks changed to use year/month/name instead of post ID
• Upgraded to WordPress 2.0.2
• Moved site hosting to DreamHost

3/8/2006

• Added blockquote style (oops, should have been there from the start)

3/2/2006

• Added the rating plug-in with modification to show different images for different categories
• Squashed a bug for left-creeping comments in IE
• Removed the Entries and Comments RSS links from footer
• Added the blogroll and categories to the footer bar
• Added an archives page
• Changed heading fonts from Trebuchet MS to Georgia

Prior to 3/2/2006

• No idea. Be happy I remembered the stuff above and figured out the dates!

2/27/2006

• Switched from the fSimple theme to ZonEd 1.0 custom design by Sean

1/29/2006

• Ed writes his first post and The Ed Zone is born!