WordPress 3.0.3 has been released, it was a quick security fix. The only files affected in the upgrade are as follows: wp-includes/version.php xmlrpc.php readme.html wp-admin/includes/update-core.php As always, it’s a good idea to update to the latest version of WordPress.
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Get Your WordPress Swag!
Automattic recently launched their WordPress Swag Store. Here’s a little blip from the intro they provide, “Welcome to the new swag store! It’s not fancy right now, but rather than make you wait for bells and whistles, we wanted to get it up and running as soon as possible, since people have been asking when …
Read More...WordPress 3.0.2 Released
Version 3.0.2 was released yesterday, which is primarily a security release. WordPress 3.1-beta was recently released, which is the next major version of WordPress. Here are the updates for 3.0.2: Summary Fix moderate security issue where a malicious Author-level user could gain further access to the site. (r16625) Other bugs and security hardening: Remove pingback/trackback …
Read More...WordPress 3.1-Beta Released
WordPress 3.1-beta has been released into the wild. A huge thanks to Scribu for spending his summer time on a GSoC program and working on a major component upgrade for WordPress 3.1-beta. Ajax’ified wp-admin. There are some major improvements in this recent release. Here is the short list of features you would be able to …
Read More...Live Spaces, Powered by WordPress
In recent news, Toni Schneider announced yesterday at TechCrunch Disrupt that Microsoft’s Live Spaces blogs will be converted over to being powered by the wordpress.com platform over the next six months. That’s 30 million blogs that will be converted over to wordpress.com, adding to the existing 26 million users that wordpress.com already has. What kind …
Read More...WordPress 3.0 Beta 2
WordPress 3.0 Beta 2 has been released. If you’ve been following the news of WordPress 3.0, you will know that it is a huge release for WordPress. It’s the milestone of merging WordPress and WordPress Multi-User (WPMU) into a single platform. This is by far one of the best things that has happened to WordPress, …
Read More...Announcing Tweeted, Embed Tweets from Twitter
Ever run into the problem of wanting to include or embed a tweet in a blog post or a page, but you don’t want to take a screenshot or copy the tweet? There’s a plugin for that. Introducing the ‘Tweeted‘ plugin. Simple put… you wrap the Twitter status of any user in the shortcode ‘tweeted’ …
Read More...WordPress License Plates
So a few weeks ago I picked up my new plates. WRDPRSS. I’m really excited about them The general response I’ve gotten from my friends and family is “you’re such a nerd” and you now what, that’s exactly right, I certainly am a nerd Here are what the plates look like: And one of my …
Read More...Real-time RSS Updates via PubSubHubbub
The latest blog innovation is how RSS interacts with subscribers. This round of innovation is push instead of pull. The way RSS has worked is that the RSS client will pull the website each time, asking if there were any updates. PubSubHubbub changes that. Instead of asking, it’s now told. This video explains it really …
Read More...Growth of WordPress.com in 2009
2009 was the year for WordPress.com. It’s nothing new to hear about the tremendous popularity of WordPress.com, but the proof is in the pudding! There was a significant higher number of blogs created in 2009, more importantly was the expanding adoption rate. Who said blogs are dying? One of the WordPress.com staff members was nice …
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