http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/

3.0 is faster, stabler, and more secure, so you can focus on what matters (your audience) and let the rest fade to the background.

Custom post types, MU merge, menu editor, Twenty Ten theme, over 1,200 bug fixes... there's so much to enjoy in this new release, we're really proud of it. It's the best WordPress yet, and available for a limited time for only free ninety nine. ;)

Tell your friends, help them upgrade, write new themes that use the new features, spread the good word.

Love,
Matt Mullenweg
http://ma.tt | http://wordpress.org

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• Table of Contents: 1
• Introduction 2
• Installing WordPress 2
• Accessing your WordPress tables 2
• Changing your WordPress Table Prefix 3
• Before Installation 3
• Manually Change 4
• WP Prefix Table Changer 5
• Preparing the Blog 6
• Changing your Admin Username 6
• Create a new limited access user 7
• Hardening your WP Install 9
• Restricting wp-content & wp-includes 9
• Restricting wp-admin 9
• Block all except your IP 9
• Password Required – .htpasswd 10
• The .htaccess file 10
• The .htpasswd file 10
• SPAM 11
• Blog Encryption 12
• Key Plugins 13
• Disabling WordPress Errors 13
• Removing the WordPress Version 13
• Security Above and Beyond 14
• WPIDS – Detect Intrusions 14
• WordPress Plugin Tracker – Are you updated? 14
• WordPress Online Security Scanner 15
• The End 15