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  WordPress Foundation

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• WordPress Trademark Donated to WordPress Foundation

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  Vote for BuddyPress!

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• WordPress Trademark Changes Hands

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  Ultimate Security Checker Plugin For WordPress. Keep Your Blog Secure And Running Properly

  9944 readers Working with an open-source platform that provides open-source plugins means it’s often cheap to build and maintain a website using WordPress, however because the platform and plugins are often open source it can also create a security headache for site administrators and that’s where Ultimate Security Checker comes into play. The program is simple to use,

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  WordPress Theme Releases for 11/25

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  Plugin: Transforms Your WordPress Blog Into an Ebook

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