New plugins Design Approval System will help streamline the process of getting designs (or photos) approved by clients. Web Testimonials allows you to manage testimonials placed on your site. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. bbPress Digest enables sending of a digests with a list of topics active on a bbPress-powered forum in the last 24 hours or 7 days. Simple:Press Forum is a feature-rich forum plugin. Socialize gives publishers the ability to selectively add actionable social media/social bookmarking buttons to their posts without having to edit the meta keys/values like most other plugins require. Top 10 allows you to track daily and total visits on your blog posts and display the count as well as popular posts. WP Glossary allows you to create your own glossary of hot-linked terms. WP Marketplace will convert your WordPress site into a marketplace in just a […]

Crucial is a friendly purple design for your blog. D5 Business Line is a theme for small businesses. Gleam is a warm, natural feeling two column theme that would suit any site or blog. Gridiculous is a lightweight HTML5 responsive theme based on the grid layout boilerplate of the same name. Surface is a simple and clean theme.

New plugins FavParser parses posts for external links and puts their favicon next to them. Spotlight allows you to offer deals to your audience. WP RSS Validator runs your RSS feed against the W3 RSS Validator and alerts you of any errors or warnings in a convenient dashboard widget. Updated plugins Fast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick e-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch mobile devices.

One of the major draws for WordCamp San Francisco is the State of the Word, an address to the entire WordPress community from Matt Mullenweg, who shares some favorite moments from WordPress’s past and some looks into its future. Not surprisingly, this year’s State of the Word did not disappoint. Fortunately, the video was released only a few days after the WordCamp, so those of you who missed it can enjoy it now. Here are some highlights in no particular order: Double the number of WordCamp attendees since last year. 44 million download of WordPress this year, out of 145 million downloads of WordPress since it launched. WordPress 3.5 will feature full support for Apple’s retina displays. Grab Jetpack if you want this now. WordPress 3.5 will be available on December 5 with a new commitment to meet release dates without compromise to stability. There is a new official handbook […]

Cakifo is a nice, responsive theme built from the rock-solid Hybrid Core theme framework. Krusei turns your blog fully featured online presence. Mon Cahier is a simple, clean, and elegant theme. Pupul has a custom menu, custom logo, sidebar widgets, footer widgets, advertisement spaces, and analytics with theme options. Vert is a fresh, crisp, and bright theme.

New plugins WP Database Cleaner allows you to cleanup and optimize the WordPress database by removing all spam comments, trash comments, unused tags, post revisions, auto drafts, and much more. WP Search for Comments enables you to search in comments separetly from the search loop. Updated plugins Jetpack allows you to supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users.

Dusk is a beautiful, moody, two column theme featuring a dusk lit cityscape of skyscrapers and lit buildings on the skyline. Golden Eagle Lite is a simple and beautiful business style theme with lots of customization options. Pinboard is a crafty and elegant theme powered by an advanced theme framework and grid system.

New plugins dSero Anti AdBlock for Google AdSense outsmarts AdBlock extensions and keeps presenting your ads to your site visitors. Error Log Monitor adds a Dashboard widget that displays the latest messages from the PHP error log. PalTip locates the links that you have included in your post, then automatically replaces the original link with a new PalTip affiliate link. Updated plugins Comment Moderation E-mail only to Post Author sends the comment moderation notification only to the post author and no longer to the main site admin e-mail address too. Highlight Search Terms is a very lightweight jQuery script that wraps search terms in an HTML5 mark tag when the referrer is a search engine or within WordPress search results. Skype Online Status allows you to add one or multiple, highly customizable and accessible Skype buttons to your site.