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WordPress Vibe Veterans Salute and e-Book Giveaway

WordPress Vibe Veterans Salute and e-Book Giveaway

In Celebration of Veterans day and the recent launch of WordPress Vibe, we are holding our first official giveaway.
This week marks the release of a new WordPress book named “Digging Into WordPress” by Chris Coyier and Jeff Starr.
I had the opportunity to catch up with Chris this week and he has been kind enough to …

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WordPress Video Embed Made Easy with Vipers Video QuickTags Plugin

WordPress Video Embed Made Easy with Vipers Video QuickTags Plugin

Have you ever wanted to embed a video from your favorite video site into a WordPress post and didn’t want to go through the trouble of copying and pasting the embed HTML from the source site?
Viper’s Video Quicktags (VVQ) plugin tackles this media sharing hurdle, and is flexible with various customizable options based …

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WordPress 2.9 Bug Hunts Officially Announced

WordPress 2.9 Bug Hunts Officially Announced

As you may have seen through some of the weekly development meeting notes floating around the web that WordPress 2.9 is near completion. With yesterday’s announcement of not just one bug hunt, but two, it’s safe to say the release date will happen shortly after the hunts are complete. From the schedule, we’re looking somewhere …

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WordPress.org Adds Crowd-Sourced Plugin Compatibility

WordPress.org Adds Crowd-Sourced Plugin Compatibility

Recently, the self-hosted WordPress website, wordpress.org, added a new function to the plugin section of the site.

Already, plugin authors can use the option of “this plugin is compatible up to X version of WordPress,” so why would Automattic want to crowd-source plugin compatibility? I believe they added this bit because so often, a plugin …

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