Do you use WordPress? If so, please take the WordPress 2012 User and Developer Survey! The survey is only 10 questions long and should only take you about five minutes, which is ironically the typical length of one WordPress installation. The results will help in the further direction of WordPress and may be presented at WordCamps for even more fun.

New plugins dSero AdBooster circumvents ad blockers and keeps presenting your ads to your site visitors. Social Campaigns allows you to quickly and easily create and publish sweepstakes and offers on your website. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. Scripts n Styles allows Admin users to individually add custom CSS, Classes, and JavaScript directly to Posts, Pages, or any other custom post types.

Development for WordPress 3.5 is underway as the core development team engage in their first scope session today. With that, they also have a few exciting announcements. After almost three years of service and a few thousand contributions, Andrew Nacin is being promoted to Lead Developer! Some of you may remember when Andrew Nacin got his start with an insignificant twelve-character patch, and with just as much determination, you too could be a Lead Developer some day. After some amazing work through the past few releases, including the new theme customizer and distraction-free writing, Daryl Koopersmith is being granted ongoing commit status. And, thanks to his keen eye on WordPress security, Jon Cave is having his temporary commit status extended through the release of WordPress 3.5. If these sort of promotions get you excited about your future in WordPress, now is the perfect time to get involved.

Melba is a two column theme using natural, neutral hues of pastel colors. PinBlack is ideal for photo galleries and portfolio sites.

New plugins Edit Any Table allows you to connect to any database and edit the contents. Fixedly Media Gallery can help you create and integrate your videos, images or, slideshow galleries into your pages and posts. Updated plugins qTranslate adds userfriendly multilingual content management and translation support. YOURLS: WordPress to Twitter allows you to use YOURLS (a free GPL URL shortener service) or another public service (tinyURL…) to create short URLs of your posts and tweet them.

WPNuggets, a new site dedicated to reviewing WordPress plugins, has launched. The site has already hit the ground running with three reviews posted, and submitting a plugin for review is as simple as sending an email. There are thousands of WordPress plugins out there, so they will be understandably picky with which ones they choose to review, and it sounds like the overall format is still in flux, but this looks like a very promising site to follow if you enjoy trying out new plugins.

Adelle is a chic feminine theme, with minimalist two-columns layout and pink confetti header design. Coffee Break is a two column theme using natural, neutral tones of browns and beiges. Redify uses multiple nav menus, several sidebars, and custom post layouts. Simplicit features a very clean and stylish colour palette together with all the features you need to create an vibrant blog or portfolio.

New plugins QuickLogin is a simple and versatile plugin built to enhance the whole Signup and Login process. P2 Check In adds the ability for users to “check in” to the P2 theme when they’re active. Updated plugins Exploit Scanner searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames. IntenseDebate is a feature-rich comment system for WordPress, Blogger, Tumblr and many other blogging/CMS platforms.