WordPress 3.0.3 Released [Security]

WordPress 3.0.3 Released [Security]

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!

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 …

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WordPress 3.0.2 Released

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 …

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WordPress 3.1-Beta Released

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 …

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The Best WordPress SEO Plugin

The Best WordPress SEO Plugin

This is the last, and I mean it, last plugin for SEO you will ever need. There are a bunch of different SEO plugins out there, but none that did the job the way it should be done. Joost wanted to fix that. He poured countless hours of time into the development of this plugin …

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Live Spaces, Powered by WordPress

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 …

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Grab Static Content

Grab Static Content

One of WordPress’ more well-known features is the ability to assign static page as a ‘posts’ or blog page (see Settings -> Reading in the Dashboard). However, you always lose the content of the static page being used, which would be ideal for storing a header or intro. This snippet must be used before the …

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WordPress ASCII Art

WordPress ASCII Art

As a fun post, here is some WordPress ASCII art for your enjoying pleasure.

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Top 15 WordPress People to Follow on Twitter

Top 15 WordPress People to Follow on Twitter

We’re huge fans of what Twitter is doing with communication and what WordPress is doing for the world of publishing. Let’s look at how the two overlap. We’d love to list everyone but we’d be here forever So here’s our top 15 list of WordPress people on Twitter you should be following. We placed them …

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Multiple Loops in Action

Multiple Loops in Action

There are a number of a methods to use to create another loop on the same page. So which one is the best to use? Let me explain each one and how they work. Here are the options we have for “resetting the query”: rewind_posts() wp_reset_query() new WP_Query How are these three different?  Here’s the …

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