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  Another Featured Posts update

  4853 readersSomeone reported that my Featured Posts plugin wasn’t working. I tracked it down to the download zip containing the old admin page vs the updated one. I updated the repository. Original plugin post Download it from the repo: Featured Posts June 29, 2010 — BuddyPress Author Link (0) July 21, 2010 — Theme Stats Updated

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  BuddyPress Author Link

  4105 readersI’ve updated my BuddyPress Blog Author Link plugin for WordPress 3.0. I also added support for a single WordPress install. You can download it here. June 28, 2010 — Another Featured Posts update (12) July 21, 2010 — Theme Stats Updated (0) June 27, 2010 — Network Privacy (9) June 21, 2010 — Everything you

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  Network Privacy

  4452 readersIn one of the chapters in the WordPress All In One Desk Reference, Andrea includes a list of recommended plugins for use in a WordPress Network. One of those is no longer available for download. Because it was such a handy plugin, I updated the plugin for WordPress 3.0 so that it works with both

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  Featured posts plugin updated

  2742 readersWe’ve been picking away at updating plugins and things for 3.0, doing general tidying up and so forth. Just a dust and a clean, and sometimes a sprinkle of awesome. New in the Featured Posts plugin: a short code. Set it up, pull in a feed, pick & choose your posts, slap the shortcode in

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  What is the mu-plugins folder?

  4154 readersUsers of WordPressMU have long been aware of a folder within wp-content called mu-plugins. Obvious conclusions were drawn because of the name and where it was, but this actually stands for “must-use” plugins. Why? Because any code (plugin) placed in the folder is run automagically, as if it were part of WordPress itself. (Yeah, that

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  Using the sitewide tags plugin

  4648 readersI often recommend the use of the Sitewide tags plugin as a means to pull in all the posts from all the sites across the network to the front page, or a secondary blog. Even though the plugin is pretty straightforward, a lot of people get tripped up on the little details. Installation: Install the

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  Version 2.6 Issues

  5366 readersVersion 2.6 was an ambitious update from the start. We wanted to resolve several outstanding issues and add features that you've been requesting for quite some time. From WordPress 3.0 Network compatibility to better handling of local drafts, there were several fixes and improvements we wanted to include in the 2.6 update. We also wanted

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  How to add a new Super Admin

  4304 readersWhen you created a network of multiple sites in WordPress 3.0, you (the main blog admin) because a Super Admin with all kinds of fun powers. In some situations, you may desire to have additional Super Admins who can do things like install plugins & themes, perform upgrades, and manage global users and sites. If

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  Testing the automatic upgrade to WordPress 3.0

  5311 readersAre you interested in trying out the automatic upgrade from WordPress MU 2.9.2 to WordPress 3.0 before WordPress 3.0 is released? Currently, WordPress 3.0 is at RC1 and it may be another two weeks or more before it 3.0 is officially released. Upgrading a WordPress MU install to the WordPress 3.0 RC with the built

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  Must use plugins and 3.0

  4405 readersIf you have been testing out the beta of WordPress, and are new to the whole concept of multiple sites, you may have noted a lot of the wordpress-mu-specific plugins make reference to the mu-plugins folder. This is not created by default. You must create it in the wp-content folder. The “mu” does not stand