Category Archives: Wordpress

WordPress 2.6.5 is released, Upgrade now

Posted on November 26, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress 2.6.5 is released today and it security issue and three other bugs. Users are advised to upgrade immediately to 2.6.5 version as it fixes an important security issue. The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith … Continue reading →

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 First Impressions

Posted on November 2, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 is released for testing today. This release brings completely redesigned wordpress admin area, the design doesn’t resemble previous designs of wordpress admin. Some may like this and some may not, everything is looking pretty much rounded. … Continue reading →

Automattic acquires PollDaddy: Create Polls from WordPress Post Editor

Posted on October 15, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress.com parent company Automattic today announced the acquisition of PollDaddy.com. PollDaddy is quite popular in its niche and many blogs use their service for adding polls to their blogs.

Automattic Acquires IntenseDebate

Posted on September 23, 2008 by vrreddy

Automattic, the company behind wordpress acquired IntenseDebate, one of the comment enhancement systems. IntenseDebate launched last year with features like ratings, comment threading, OpenID support etc. IntenseDebate provides community features likevoting, reputation, profiles, reply by email among others. Automattic says … Continue reading →

WPtouch: WordPress theme plugin for iPhone

Posted on September 1, 2008 by vrreddy

WPtouch is a wordpress plugin that shows a iPhone optimized theme when opened on iPhone or iPod touch. The plugin formats your blog wordpress blog with an iPhone application-style theme, it only shows up when opened through an iPhone. Install … Continue reading →

10 Beautiful Grunge WordPress Themes

Posted on August 3, 2008 by vrreddy

Grunge design is gaining popularity among designers, this is becoming a trend in web designing and so in wordpress themes. At the moment there are not many free wordpress themes in grungy style, but with the popularity of the design … Continue reading →

WP125 WordPress plugin for managing 125×125 ads

Posted on August 3, 2008 by vrreddy

WP125 is a plugin for managing 125×125 ads on your WordPress blog. If you are selling 125 ads yourself for your blog this plugin will help you to manage and track those ads effectively. Download the plugin and install, once … Continue reading →

WordPress for iPhone is now available

Posted on July 22, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress for iPhone App is now available from iPhone App store as promised earlier. WordPress for iPhone app works with both wordpress.com blogs and self hosted wordpress blogs. “You can write posts, upload photos and edit your wordpress blogs from … Continue reading →

WordPress Official Theme Directory is Back

Posted on July 18, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress official theme directory stopped accepting new themes long back and it is almost dead. Today they re opened the directory at WordPress extend, plugins directory is also located here. Matt promised a theme marketplace in November 2007 but that … Continue reading →

WordPress 2.6 Released

Posted on July 15, 2008 by vrreddy

WordPress 2.6 is released with some awesome features and with some bug fixes. WordPress now supports version tracking, you can track the changes made to a post or page like wikipedia or version control system. This feature is important for … Continue reading →