As mentioned by WP Engineer, WordPress 2.9 recently had a new feature added to it called bulk plugin upgrades. The interesting thing about this feature is back on September 11th, Matt published this through his Twitter feed: Just upgraded three plugins in about 30 seconds using one-click upgrade — wish you could do them all at once though. Well, now you can. I attended the WordPress developers chat today and according to the devs, the bulk upgrader works, all it needs now is to be tied into the API along with some cosmetics. I’m sure there are plenty of you, including myself that is pleased to see this addition to WordPress. However, I wonder what happens if during a bulk upgrade, one of the plugins fails. Does the upgrader skip the plugin and move on to the next one or does it ruin the entire upgrade? Looking forward to the […]

WordPress 2 for iPhone is now available for downloads in the App Store. The new app is packed with lots of features.

New Plugins Ponticlaro Media Settings It has a really nifty [media] shortcode that hacks into the great built-in WordPress gallery.  You can put one [media] in your post and it will access the first image in the gallery without any code. Table of Contents Creator Table of Contents Creator (TOCC) automatically generates a dynamic site wide table of contents that is always up-to-date. All entries are navigable making your site extremely SEO friendly. TOCC can be configured to display static pages, blog entries and forum comments. Another great feature of TOCC is the ability to include anchor tags marked with a special class. This feature allows links to articles, downloads or even other sites to appear within the table of contents as if they are part of your site’s navigation. Posty Widget Displays the contents of two custom fields in a Sidebar Widget. The widget can stay the same (and […]

That’s the question Matt Mullenweg is asking on the official bbPress.org support forums. The post highlights the fact that bbPress is not going away and that it is an important project for the WordPress community. After all, it powers the WordPress.org plugin repository, the support forums, and TalkPress, Automattics hosted forum service. Strategically the most important thing we need to figure out is how to integrate bbPress better with WP more for people who want that — right now it’s easier to use one of the WP plugins for forums than bbPress. I’ve only installed bbPress locally once to check it out but it’s not my cup of tea. I think the bbPress forum software is aimed at developers since it comes with all the basics to build on or around but doesn’t contain the feature set of modern forum software out of the box. For example, the SimplePress plugin […]

A few days ago, something new showed up on each plugin page throughout the repository. This new box on the right hand side is a way of enabling the community to say whether a plugin is compatible with the newest version of WordPress or not. Normally, the plugin information within the FYI box tells you which version of WordPress is required and which version the plugin is compatible up to. Unfortunately, the version the plugin is compatible up to is not updated that often which is why some plugins which state that they only work up to WordPress 2.5 end up working with the latest release. If you have a WordPress.org forum user account, you’ll need to log in in order to vote. The voting is simple. The first box enables you to select which version of WordPress you’re running, including the latest version being worked on. The second box […]

5 Free Ways to Bulletproof Your WordPress Site: Eric’s presentation from WordCamp Seattle that can also be watched on WordPress.tv Some of the interesting parts include backup, security, performance and general tips including improving search and usability, all with links to relevant plugins and tools. If you are new to WordPress or want to refresh your blog, this is a good read through. Thanks Linked In messages.

WP Full Site A Hybrid child theme built for small businesses that that is tailored towards the basics of gaining customers. THATSimple Two column theme with a custom header and theme options Furvious This beautiful theme has 5 different style to choose from with built-in related post, pagination and others – customizable through its cool Theme Options page. Boxpulse Two-column Hybrid child theme that offers a certain elegance and includes a template made specifically for the included slider. Modern Blue Dark Modern Blue Dark is a sleek, modern design in blue with a dark background and Web 2.0-inspired wraparound headings. Widget-ready, gravatar-enabled, and set to download. Are you a theme author? Submit your theme to get it featured in these posts.

Dave Moyer who hosts the WordCast Podcast tipped me off to this development. Apparently, development on the PodPress plugin has resumed thanks to a couple of different things happening with the plugin author. My work schedule is now setup to allow me to be more active in the community again, which means I can now get podPress dev and my Podcast going again. Tons of people keep bugging me for updates, and I have appreciated every one of them And special thanks to the new sponsor for giving me the final push that was needed to get going on development again. However, the post on MightySeek.com was published on August 16th. There are a few other posts from the same time period yet the MightySeek blog has gone silent once again so I am unsure as to whether or not the plugin will actually be coming back. I’ve tried to […]