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Radical Changes Coming for WordPress, Says Founder Matt Mullenweg

by Joe Foley May 31^st, 2012 1 Response

“One of the things I’ve been working on a lot the past few months is sort of a radical simplification of the WordPress interface,” said WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg recently at the paidContent 2012 conference in New York.

“WordPress it’s a complex tool. It’s like the back of a digital SLR. It’s got a lot of buttons, a lot of powerful things you can do. But that doesn’t work on your phone. … You really have to radically reimagine.”
Pivoting WordPress
Mobile, of course, is changing our world. And it looks as if it will be changing WordPress as well.

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WordPress iOS Apple Mobile App 3.0 is Now Out

by Joe Foley May 29^th, 2012 1 Response

WordPress has announced the release of its latest app for Apple mobile devices – Version 3.0.

The main difference most will notice will be the new “Swipe to Moderate Toolbar” for comments. When you pull up comments, you can now swipe over them to activate a simple options bar that allows you to choose Approve, Trash, Spam, or Reply.

In addition to the new comments bar, a number of bugs were fixed, and translations were added for Chinese (Taiwan), Hungarian, and Polish.

It is available through the iOS app store.

(See below for future release plans.)

Coming in the Next Release

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WPMU Dev Is In Your Dashboard: Get Instant Support, Updates and Special Offers

by Sarah Gooding May 29^th, 2012 6 Responses

If you use any of our plugins or themes on your WordPress sites, then you may have noticed a huge change in your dashboard recently. We’re excited to release WPMU DEV Dashboard, formerly known as our Update Notifications plugin. Getting access to updates and support is much more convenient than ever before.

WPMU DEV Dashboard puts everything at your fingertips, so you never have to leave your WordPress admin.

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WordPress 3.4 Release Candidate Now Available

by Joe Foley May 28^th, 2012 1 Response

WordPress has announced the first release candidate for WordPress Version 3.4.

A “release candidate” is the final test version before mainstream public release. In other words, the current release candidate is pretty much what the final version will look like. Unless some major surprises pop up, there is only the crossing of T’s and dotting of I’s at this stage.

In order to get the current release candidate, you can download the WordPress Beta Tester plugin or download the release candidate (zip file).

A few highlights of what’s new follows (from the WordPress Codex):

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Happy 9th Birthday, WordPress

by Joe Foley May 27^th, 2012 Leave a comment

It’s a little late in the day, but I’ve just realized that today (May 27th) is WordPress’ birthday. Today marks the 9th one.

You can find the announcement for the very first release here. You can find the dates for all the releases through the years here.

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5 Major Updates to the WordPress Plugin Directory

by Sarah Gooding May 21^st, 2012 3 Responses

This past week the WordPress Plugin Repository has gotten a complete refresh that will greatly improve discussion and support for the 19,000 plugins currently listed. Some of the tweaks may seem small but they’re bound to make a huge difference in the community for developers and plugin users alike.

Here are the most important updates you should know about:

New Support Tab

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WordPress for Android App 2.1 has been Released

by Joe Foley May 11^th, 2012 Leave a comment

WordPress has recently released its latest app (version 2.1) for managing a WordPress site on an Android device.

The app is available at the following links for Android, Nook, and BlackBerry PlayBook:

Google Play Store
Amazon Appstore
Nook Store
BlackBerry App World for PlayBook

Some of the improvements seen in the latest version are the following:
Comment Editing
The newest version allows you to easily edit comments by tapping on an “Edit” button. In addition to being able to edit the actual comment, you can edit information such as the commenter’s name, email address, and website URL.

Post Autosave
The app now autosaves post every sixty seconds.

Scaled Image Setting

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Ned Dwyer On His New ThemePivot Service: Save Time and Money While You Customize Your WordPress Site

by Sarah Gooding May 9^th, 2012 Leave a comment

Today we get to talk to Ned Dwyer, the mind behind ThemePivot, a super exciting theme customization service that gives your WordPress site the power of multiple developers working together. It’s a new kind of marketplace which makes it easy for people to make minor changes, or tweaks, to their website.

1. What inspired you to create ThemePivot?

It was inspired by a couple of things actually.

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ThemeThrift: Pay What You Want for WordPress Themes

by Sarah Gooding May 2^nd, 2012 5 Responses

A unique WordPress theme site popped onto my radar today. ThemeThrift is a new creation by Jake Caputo of Design Crumbs with a bit of an unorthodox pricing structure. The site will be selling themes at a substantial discount and even giving them away for free. Deals have a set time before they expire and users can choose exactly how much they want to pay:

Caputo is currently offering his Modest Theme on the site as the first deal. You can view the features and the live demo and elect how much you’d like to pay: