The WordPress mobile app for Nokia has been released and is now live on the Ovi Store. Currently the app’s listing mentions that it only supports the N97 Mini and X6, but the development team is working on getting the app approved for “Symbian3 devices such as N8, C6, C7 and more.” The Nokia app joins the ranks of the other popular WordPress mobile apps for Android, Blackberry, and iOS. Do you use an N97 Mini and X6, and will you be installing the new mobile app?

New plugins AdsCaptcha allows you to put CAPTCHA boxes for spam prevention, and also gain profit from it. Content Slide allows you to create fully customizable jquery fading image slideshows anywhere within your WordPress site. Travelmap helps you show your travels on a Google map in any post or page. Updated plugins Edit Flow improves the WordPress admin interface for a multi-user newsroom’s editorial workflow. (see the slides from the WordCamp Philly presentation) Meteor Slides makes it simple to manage slideshows with WordPress by adding a custom post type for slides. Shorten2Ping sends status updates to Ping.fm everytime you publish a post, using your own domain, bit.ly, wp.me, su.pr, is.gd and others for shortened permalinks. 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 […]

The WordPress development team has applied to be a part of Google’s Code-in contest to encourage eager high school and secondary school students to contribute WordPress’ future. The development team is currently compiling a task list and looking for suggestions from the community, which can be left as comments here. Do you plan to be a part of Google’s Code-in contest, and will you claiming any of the WordPress tasks this year?

ManuEdian is a modern look design with a slider in the home page for your featured posts or the latest posts. Platform is a drag-and-drop framework for WordPress. Suburbia is a clean and flexible WordPress grid-based magazine theme designed in a modern and minimalist style.

There are many ways to backup WordPress, but none as easy and thorough as VaultPress. VaultPress is one of the newest Automattic projects and is definitely a powerhouse in its field. One of the many things that sets VaultPress apart from the rest is its set it and forget it ease of use. Simply install the VaultPress plugin and watch as it begins to analyze and backup your database, plugins, themes, and uploads. After the first backup is complete, VaultPress will update your backup whenever a change is made, even for something as trivial as adjusting a setting. The result is a series of up to the minute full backups ready to be restored as soon as you need them. In contrast, iDrive is VaultPress’ closest competitor. Though iDrive’s service starts free, you’re only allotted 2GB before a paid upgrade is required, and the backups are only generated once every […]

New plugins Commenters lets you display images of persons who added comments to your blog posts. Content by Permission adds a couple shortcodes where you can specify what permission is required to view the content. Feedfabrik allows you to print your blog as a PDF or real book via Feedfabrik. Hikari Krumo is a port of the Krumo debugging too. Hikari Tools Framework is a development framework with tools to be used by other plugins, so that they don’t need to duplicate the same code over and over again. In Their Language detects the user’s browser language preferences and attempts to switch your site/blog to that language. Plugin Dependencies is a meta-plugin that enables regular plugins to define which other plugins they need to function properly. Updated plugins nrelate Related Content analyzes your website content and displays other related posts from your website.

After over three years since its acquisition, Google has finally launched a major upgrade to FeedBurner with an emphasis on real-time stats. The new interface provides real time stats for clicks, views, and podcast downloads, which means you can start seeing what content is drawing traffic from feed readers, Twitter, and other syndicated sources as it happens. The interface can be accessed by clicking the “Try out the NEW (beta) version!” link at the top of your FeedBurner account page.  According to the launch article, “The best way to see these real time features is to publish a new post and then switch to the ‘Last two hours’ view to begin seeing updates.” At this time, the new interface is primarily for the showcasing the new real-time stats.  All other account actions will still need to be done from the old interface. What’s your take on the new FeedBurner upgrade? […]

My Engine is a simple orange, grey, and white theme with an engine background. Prototype is a specialized parent theme with multiple nav menus, several widget areas, and per-post layouts, allowing anyone from designers to users to quickly creates beautiful sites. Travelofe is a very clean and sleek travel theme.