
As I previously wrote, WordPress and WordPress MU are merging. This is a huge step for WordPress.
Jane wrote a post about the upcoming schedule of how the WordPress merge should take place.
January 7, 2010
Identify major features slotted for 3.0
Begin merging MU files into trunk
Begin development of new default theme
Begin development of custom post types …
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WordPress is coming up to a huge milestone in its history. For a long time, WordPress and WordPress Multi-User (WPMU) were serpate entities, sharing the same code base, but largely different functions. WPMU’s core function was to house multiple blogs, such as a network like WordPress.com. WordPress’ main function was to house …
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This week’s meetup wasn’t too heavy, some fairly light items as the developers are preparing to release WordPress 2.9 soon. WordPress 2.8.5 was recently released as a security update, termed as a “hardening release,” so make sure you are up to date.
There were two highlight points of discussion for this week’s meetup.
WordPress Mailing List …
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This week’s dev notes are fairly brief.
The primary point I think is worth mentioning is that PHP4 is still being supported. Around 14:22 (PST) of the meeting, it was confirmed that PHP4 is still slightly under 13% usage world wide for WordPress sites. PHP4 will stop being supported when usage gets below 10%.
There …
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