The WordPress developers have just clarified its license as “GPL version 2 or later,” putting an end to some frequent confusion. WordPress contains libraries which are licensed under the GPL “version 2 or any later version,” which obviously excludes version 1 of the GPL. Here is the reality: the GPL version 1 is effectively irrelevant. It hasn’t been a commonly used license since before Matt Mullenweg was in third grade! Clarifying WordPress as being licensed under the GPL “version 2 or later” resolves these niggling library licensing concerns or ambiguities, and clarifies where WordPress stands. As with any licensing discussion, the post has generated some interesting comments, which makes for some entertaining (if not educational) weekend reading.
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New plugins Simple Front End Edit Buttons adds functions for adding edit buttons on the front end of your website. With these icons you can change the order/priority of a page without the need to change the order manually within WordPress. Slickr Flickr displays photos from your Flickr account either as gallery, a galleria, or as an unbranded slideshow in posts, pages, or sidebar widgets. You can place a large number of slidehows on the same page. WP Linkblog filters the permalinks of WordPress posts to look for a link URL and sets that as the permalink for posts. Updated plugins Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen. Custom Contact Forms is a highly customizable and intuitive contact form plugin for WordPress. InComment Comment Referrer […]
[Continue Reading...]The new year is here, so what are your blogging resolutions for 2011? Are you going to try posting more often? Are you going to replace your outdated theme? Perhaps you’re finally going to take your blog to the profressional level, or maybe you’re considering starting a blog in the first place? No matter what your plan is, we want to know! Please let us know in the comments below how you plan to change the way you blog or just change your blog itself in 2011.
[Continue Reading...]All Orange is a universal, stylish orange theme for WordPress. Quik is a clean, SEO friendly, and quick loading regular and community blog WordPress theme. Snow Summit is a flexible theme with 7 available color schemes.
[Continue Reading...]The talented team behind the WordPress for iOS app has released “the most stable release of WordPress for iOS in a long time.” This version cures numerous bugs and has been tested especially carefully in two areas: Media Uploader and Post Write/Edit. The team is already hard at work on 2.6.5, so don’t be a stranger to the support forums if you find any problems. Do you use the WordPress for iOS mobile app? Do you think this release was an improvement over the last?
[Continue Reading...]New plugins Attachment File Icons displays file type icons adjacent to files uploaded to pages/posts. Updated plugins All in One Webmaster has options to add Google, Bing, Alexa, Blog Catalog, Yahoo’s Webmaster and Analytics code (meta tags). Facebook Members enables Facebook Page owners to attract and gain Likes from their own website. Polaroid Gallery is used to overlay images as polaroid pictures on the current page or post and uses your WordPress Media Library. Twitter Goodies shows your twitter profile/search tweets under your Sidebar Area (Widget), Post and/or Pages. WP Missed Schedule allows you to fix missed schedule posts. WP Overview (lite) shows an overview and memory usage on the WordPress Dashboard. WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin for WordPress. It generates html files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts.
[Continue Reading...]Recentently, we published two FAQs on finding free themes and free plugins, and both contained strong warnings about malware and steps to avoid infection, but what if your WordPress blog is already infected? The first thing to do is to confirm the existence of a malware infection by running the Exploit Scanner plugin. Once you have confirmed the existence of malware, refer to this handy Codex guide. Why simply link to the guide? Because this handy guide is updated by WordPress’ volunteer community to present the latest tips and tricks to clearing the latest malware infections from your blog. Of course, the best way to prevent a malware disaster is to regularly backup your database and files, but WordPress’ volunteer community has also compiled a list of recommended security measures. This is the fourth entry in our hopefully long-running WordPress FAQ series. What did you think, and what questions would […]
[Continue Reading...]Basico Dark is a really clean and modern WordPress theme that comes with some of the latest WP 3.0 features such as custom backgrounds, threaded comments, featured images and drag and drop menus. min is a super clean and minimal theme with two widget areas in the footer. Pilcrow makes personalizing your blog a snap with six different layouts, multiple sidebar configurations, four default color schemes, custom header images, and a customizable background.
[Continue Reading...]Have you ever wondered how WordPress handles the automated core, plugin, and theme upgrades? Well, it’s time for some quick weekend education! Long-time support forum volunteer, Ipstenu, has done all the thinking for you and has clearly laid out the inner-workings of the automated upgrade process. It’s a quick read, and you might leave with a new respect for the automated upgrade system, and a new understand for why you should create a child theme if you want to modify your own theme.
[Continue Reading...]About the Author
- 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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