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Automattic Launched a Jetpack

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March 9th, 2011
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Automattic has just launched Jetpack, a new plugin which allows self-hosted WordPress users to enjoy several features previously available only to WordPress.com blogs. Simply put, Jetpack is a vehicle to bring some of the best WordPress.com features to your self-hosted WordPress blog, and it’s launching today with Gravatar Hovercards, WordPress.com Stats, the Twitter widget, a wealth of cool shortcodes, Shortlinks, LaTeX markup, Sharedaddy, and After the Deadline. Of course, these features are just the launch set. There are plenty more on the way, and all you need to do is watch for them to magically appear in your Jetpack panel. Have you tried Jetpack yet? What do you think of it so far? Disclaimer: I work for Automattic, Inc.

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WordPress at SXSW 2011

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March 5th, 2011
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If you’re heading out to SXSW next week, don’t miss all of the hot WordPress events! On March 11, catch Matt Mullenweg on the Future of WordPress at 3:30 pm, followed by Making Money with WordPress on March 13 at 9:30am, and stop by the WordPress Genius Bar at booth 829 during the trade show for awesome swag and one-on-one support. If you’re going, have a great time at SXSW, and bring us back a t-shirt or something! 🙂

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Admin Bar Plugin Roundup

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March 3rd, 2011
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When WordPress 3.1 premiered, the new admin bar was probably the most noticeable new feature. Hiding it is as simple as unchecking an option at Users -> Your Profile in your Dashboard, but what if you’ve embraced the admin bar and actually want to add to it? As you may have expected, there’s already a healthy handful of plugins that add functionality to the admin bar. Admin Bar ID Menu displays the ID number of the page, post, category, or tag you are looking at in the WordPress Admin Bar. Debug Bar adds a debug menu to the admin bar that shows query, cache, and other helpful debugging information. When WP_DEBUG is enabled, it also tracks PHP Warnings and Notices to make them easier to find. When SAVEQUERIES is enabled, the mysql queries are tracked and displayed. Debug Bar Console adds a PHP/MySQL console to the debug bar. (requires the […]

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Mark Jaquith on WordPress Theme and Plugin Security

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March 1st, 2011
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If you hate to read about security, then this great presentation by WordPress Core Developer Mark Jaquith on WordPress Theme and Plugin Security from WordCamp Phoenix 2011 is just for you! The presentation is great to watch and quite educational for both WordPress users and developers.

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WordPress FAQ: Moving WordPress

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February 27th, 2011
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So, you’ve just installed WordPress, but you’re not happy about the /wordpress/ that it adds at the end of your domain, or you’d just like to move it elsewhere. Fortunately, the process is rather easy. Go to the Settings section of your Dashboard and change the two URLs there to the location that you want to move WordPress to. Don’t panic, this will effectively kill your blog until you move all of the WordPress files to their new location. You may need to re-generate your permalinks at Settings/Permalinks in your Dashboard. Once that’s done, see our handy guide for changing links and images after a move. Moving a WordPress installation is not too much of a complicated procedure, but feel free to contact the WordPress Support Forums if you run into trouble.

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WordPress FAQ: Blocking Spam Registrations

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February 25th, 2011
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Spam is not limited to just comments. If you leave your WordPress blog open to new user registration, you could be hit by a wave of spam bots or rather nefarious individuals registering with hopes that you’ll give them a chance to post spam on your blog. First of all, do you really need open registration? If not, uncheck “Anyone can register” from the Settings area of your Dashboard. So, what if you need open registration? First, stop the bad bots from even visiting your blog with Bad Behavior. Now, you could certainly use a CAPTCHA on your registration form, but I wouldn’t bother with that. Several CAPTCHA have been broken by a simple program, and they just aren’t accessible. Instead, use Ban Hammer, which compares registration email addresses with your comment blacklist (just add them if you notice a trend) and the collective blacklist at Stop Forum Spam. Like […]

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WordPress 3.1 Released

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February 23rd, 2011
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WordPress 3.1 has been released. This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages, a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers (visit Screen Options in the top right to get old panels back), and a refreshed blue admin scheme available for selection under your personal options. All together, this release fixes more than 820 issues. Users can upgrade automatically via their Dashboard or use the manual instructions. As always, please contact the WordPress Support Forums if you run into any trouble. Now that WordPress 3.1 has been released, the core developers plan 3.2  to be a shorter development cycle,  “and include some fun improvements […]

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WordPress and the Not Found Permalinks

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February 23rd, 2011
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So, you’ve just switched from the default WordPress permalink structure and now your permalinks are returning Not Found (404) errors, or you didn’t do anything at all and they’re return the error. First, there could have been a momentary glitch, so try re-saving your permalink structure at Settings/Permalinks in your admin panel. If WordPress cannot automatically edit the .htaccess file, it will provide manual instructions after saving. If that doesn’t work, contact your hosting provider and find out if mod_rewite is installed and active on your server. If it isn’t, refer to this guide for some tips on using permalinks without mod_rewrite, or find yourself a nice Apache-based server with mod_rewrite. Permalinks are a finicky thing. They’ll either work right away, if you re-save, and if you use a work-around, otherwise they just won’t work at all. If you’re still having trouble, contact the WordPress Support Forums for more assistance.

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WordPress FAQ: Audio and Video

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February 21st, 2011
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If you attempted to upload an audio or video file to a post in WordPress, you may notice that all you get is a link to download the file. If you want the file to actually play, you’ll need to use an extra plugin. By far, the most popular audio plugin is WordPress Audio Player. Video plugins are significantly less popular, probably because video files take up so much space and bandwidth, and it’s so easy to embed videos from external providers. When embedding audio and video, I prefer to use the Degradable HTML5 Audio and Video Plugin. Sure, it may require some file conversion, but it’s a great way to embed both audio and video files that use the browser’s native (non-Flash) player while also providing the option of a Flash-based player for browsers that don’t support HTML5 embeds. If you’d rather embed videos from an external provider, it’s […]

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