Back in April 2009, we wrote about Automattic purchasing WP.com. At the time there was a lot of speculation about what the role of this incredible new domain would be.  It has now been a few months since they took…

After the success we’ve had with new branch releases of the past few WordPress branches (2.6 and 2.7 both come to mind), it is a little surprising to see that we already have yet another security patch, this time being…

Although it isn’t very long after WordPress 2.8.1 was released, WordPress 2.8.2 was just released today and is a security update which corrects a XSS vulnerability which was discovered.   Comment author URLs were not fully sanitized when displayed in the admin.…

The premium WordPress themes market has continued to grow and evolve over the past two years, so much so that we’ve started seeing a few complaints that all of the premium themes seem to generally look the same.  It seems a…

With the recent release of WordPress 2.8 this past week, there has been a number of complications and/or frustrations from the WordPress community, leading to a lot of discussion about how long you should wait to upgrade WordPress when a…

In case you haven’t noticed it yet in your WordPress dashboard, it looks like WordPress 2.8 has officially been released!  Don’t forget if you are currently using WordPress 2.7 or 2.7.1, you can use the one-click upgrade feature built into…

Going into WordCamp Chicago this weekend, there were a large number of rumors that WordPress 2.8 was VERY close to an official release.   Well, the weekend has come and gone and unfortunately we got no official release, but it looks…

As much of the WordPress themes market continues to move towards the premium (paid) model, it can sometimes be a chore for the consumer trying to find the best value for your dollar.   There are certainly a few overpriced themes…

Twitter has exploded in popularity over the past year as many mainstream media sources have been using the service to communicate with their readers/viewers, but did you know that bloggers can now use Twitter to promote their content as well?…

If your WordPress blog has been around for awhile, chances are there is some clutter in your MySQL database.   For these situations, Joost De Valk of Yoast.com has an easy to use WordPress plugin called Optimize Database. This free WordPress…

Have you ever had an image show up on your website which is to large, causing problems for your WordPress theme?   This is especially common for WordPress blogs that have multiple authors, where some authors or guest posters may not…