The year is quickly coming to a close, and it’s time to look back and reflect on the year that we have so commonly referred to as 2010. We’ve already shared part 1 of our highlights from 2010, but what about you? What is your most memorable WordPress-related highlight from the year 2010? This could be anything from the first 3.1 release candidate to that time when you spent all night fixing your friend’s blog. To start the ball rolling, I’d have to say that the hiring of Andrew Nacin as a full-time developer certainly stands out as my favorite WordPress moment of 2010. So, what’s yours?
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Archive for December, 2010
Previous Post Best Of WLTC 2010 – Part 1
Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/30
In terms of WordPress stuff, WeblogToolsCollection.com publishes a large amount of content over the course of a year. In this two part series, I’ll be highlighting some of the best content that will not only give you a glimpse of the progress made regarding WordPress but also remind you of some of the more important stories that took place during the year. For me personally, 2010 has been a really tough year both financially and personally. Not only did I lose my future father father-in-law to prostate cancer, but my little endeavor to create a WordPress centric community site that helped me to pay the bills flopped. I’m hoping 2011 is much better than 2010 and for those of you that celebrate it, Happy New Years!. January: WordPress Search Based DOS Attack Anatomy Of A WordPress Release WordPress 2.9.1 Final Released Flattered Or Ripped Off? The Merge Has Begun A […]
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress 3.0.4 Security Release
New plugins Global Content Blocks allows you to create your own shortcodes to insert reusable code snippets or HTML including forms, opt-in boxes, iframes, Adsense code, etc, into pages and posts. You can insert them using the shortcodes or via a button in the TinyMCE visual editor toolbar. Updated plugins AddToAny: Share/Bookmark/Email Button helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg, Delicious, and well over 100 more social bookmarking and sharing sites. Dynamic Widgets gives you full control on which pages your widgets will appear. It lets you dynamicly place the widgets on WordPress pages by setting conditional rules with just a few mouse clicks by role, dates, language (WPML), for the homepage, single posts, pages, authors, categories, archives, error page, search page and custom post types. (review) Exploit Scanner searches the files on your website, and the […]
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WordPress 3.0.4 has been released to plug a critical security vulnerability. [It] fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation library, called KSES. I would rate this release as “critical.” I realize an update during the holidays is no fun, but this one is worth putting down the eggnog for. In the spirit of the holidays, consider helping your friends as well. If you’re currently testing WordPress 3.1, make sure that you upgrade to the latest nightly release to get the same security fixes.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post What Should WordPress Focus on in 2011?
Previous Post WordPress Theme Releases for 12/28
The year is almost over and WordPress 3.1 is almost ready to go, which begs the question, “What do you think the WordPress team should focus on in 2011?” Jane Wells has posted a topic asking for what you think 2011 should hold WordPress. The suggestions are being collected for the core leadership meeting, and the topic will be closed on January 4th, so stop by to share your ideas before it’s too late.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WPBeginners List Of Their Best Tutorials For 2010
Business is a simple business theme with 8 widget areas. The sidebar is 300px and good for Adsense. Language files are included. impressIO is built with options and SEO in mind, including 11 colors to choose from, layout options, social subscribe/follow and bookmark/share options, advertising options, and many more. Mwendo is a child theme based on the widly popular Motion WordPress theme. It is an e-commerce theme designed to work with the DukaPress e-commerce plugin.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress 3.1 RC1 Released
WPBeginners has published their list of the best tutorials they have written in 2010. Over the course of the year, WPBeginner has covered everything from how to install a plugin to useful configuration tricks you may not have noticed. They end the list by linking to some other cool tutorials they have discovered on other sites. Looks like WPBeginner had a great year. Stay tuned to WeblogToolsCollection.com as I publish a two part series of our own showcasing WordPress news in review, WLTC style.
[Continue Reading...]Previous Post WordPress Plugin Releases for 12/26
The first WordPress 3.1 Release Candidate has been released. A release candidate is the final stage between beta and final release, and the development equivallent of “we think we’re done.” Over 700 tickets have been resolved so far, and only a few have shown up in the last few hours. The final release of WordPress 3.1 is just around the corner, so it’s time for both developers and users to take it for a spin and try it with your favorite plugins and themes. If you run in to any problems, please feel free to discuss them in the Alpha/Beta section of the Support Forums or contact the wp-testers mailing list. If you run in to any bugs, please follow this guide to report them. Have you tried WordPress 3.1 RC1 yet? If you have, what do you think so far?
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- James
James began using WordPress in 2004. Being new to WordPress (and blogging in general), he quickly found the WordPress Support Forums and basically never left. James currently resides in sunny Southern California, where he enjoys bringing happiness to millions of WordPress.com users.
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