Category Archives: WordPress News

WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2 Released

WordPress is gearing up for the offical WordPress 2.8.1 release soon.  Yesterday night saw the released of WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2 to the public.  Among the notable bug fixes in WP 2.8.1 Beta 2 are: Translation of role names fixed wp_page_menu() defaults to sorting by the user specified menu order rather than the page title… Read More »

WooThemes becomes GPL

WooThemes became the latest premium WordPress design company to become General Public License (GPL).  The reasoning behind the GPL route is because WooThemes embraces WordPress and want to contribute to the success of the WordPress project. What does it mean for you? The only thing that really changes, is that there’s no more restrictions on… Read More »

iThemes is now GPL

Yes, you heard me right. iThemes, one of the biggest and most well-known WordPress premium design vendors, is now going GPL. What this means is that themes are going to be cheaper, if you buy a theme, you can use it on as many websites that you want, and much more. This is the second… Read More »

WordPress 2.8 Released – Codename Baker

WordPress officially released the newest version of stand-alone blog software, WordPress 2.8.  WordPress 2.8 is name Baker, in honor of the noted trumpeter and vocalist, Chet Baker.  Below is a video about the latest WordPress release. Source: WordPress.org Highlights New drag-and-drop widgets admin interface and new widgets API Syntax highlighting and function lookup built into plugin… Read More »

WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1

WordPress 2.8 Release Candidate 1 has just been released. With Release Candidate 1, we think WordPress 2.8 is ready and complete.  Download it, test it, and tell us what you think.  If you don’t uncover any bad bugs, 2.8 will be released on Wednesday the 10th.

WordPress 2.8 Beta 2 Released

WordPress just released 2.8 Beta 2 for download.  If you’re comfortable working with new codes go ahead and have a try. WordPress 2.8 has Tag Management, better theme management, browse and install new themes via WordPress.org, multiple instance of widgets and many other features.

WordCamp San Francisco 2009 – May 30

WordCamp San Francisco is a WordCamp organized by the creators of WordPress.  This year WordCamp San Francisco will be held on May 30, 2009 at Mission Bay Conference Center. The list of speakers are amazingly.  Matt Cutts from Google, Tim Ferris, author of The 4 Hour Workweek, Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress and many… Read More »

WordPress 2.8 Beta 1 Released

WordPress just released their latest WordPress for users to download and test.  If you want the latest version and are not afraid of bugs and errors, go ahead and download WordPress 2.8 Beta 1.  Unless just wait for the final release that is expected around June 2008. Among the new features of WordPress 2.8 are:… Read More »

Show Username of Logged-in User

If you want to show the username of a logged-in user in some place other than the meta sidebar widget that comes pre-loaded with WordPress, you can do so by placing the following code anywhere in your WordPress theme, and it will accomplish this simple task: <?php global $current_user; if ( isset($current_user) ) {     echo… Read More »

WordPress Themes Release for May 2, 2009

Imagination WordPress Theme by CSSJockey Imagination theme, designed by CSSJockey, is a fully customizable WordPress theme with is pre-loaded with 9 different styles to choose from.  It comes in all different color settings from light to dark background. Imagination theme includes the following features: Plug & Play – No Programming Knowledge Required Comes with 9 preloaded Color… Read More »