Weblog Tools Collection has announced another WordPress Plugin Competition, this time for the new WordPress 2.5 release, as many important plugins haven’t been updated for this new version.
Some important details for those looking at entering.
All code must be GPL and should be available for download through the Competition Blog and preferably through WordPress Extend. The […]

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So a very interesting article has popped up on Coding Horror that paints the WordPress software in a bad light. A friend of mine Mark from 45n5.com posted about it on Twitter, using it as another jab against all the WordPress “fanboys” in the world.

This is an incredibly scary result; blog.stackoverflow.com is getting, at […]

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Jeff of Jeffro2pt0, recently put up another episode of WordPress Weekly, the informal podcast he runs to talk about WordPress, and this week the show ran two hours thanks to the interview with Lorelle, a strong presence to be sure.
From the show notes:
we covered everything from WordCamp Dallas to tips on using WordPress and […]

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Charles Stricklin, Mr. WordPress Podcast, has been putting up some amazing posts with regard to running a WordCamp. Unlike most Barcamps, WordCamp was set up very much like a traditional conference, but Charles didn’t have hundreds of thousands in free money floating around.
His posts are very informative, and have tips, tricks and thoughts that […]

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ReviewSaurus has put up a post outlining just some of the many ways that Yahoo and Automattic would be able to compliment each other if they worked together or if Yahoo acquired Automattic. The one point that really interested me was the idea that the Yahoo Publishers network could be used to feed ads on […]

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With millions of blogs on WordPress.com, it can be hard to find exactly what you are looking for, but Joseph Scott has put up a post announcing the launch of the new WordPress.com search that allows you to quickly and easily search all of the blogs on WordPress.com.
Search results can be ordered by relevancy, our […]

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I recently asked why people haven’t switched over to WordPress.com for their blogging service, and their answers all seem to be the same. The lack of customization, using a WordPress.com sub-domain, and the expense of features.
I guess this really goes to show for me how much work Automattic still needs to do on marketing […]

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I love the Weblog Tools Collection blog as much as any other person, but I always thought that others deserved a more equal billing on the site, especially since WTC updates so often.

Today, when I checked my dashboard, twelve of the twenty items were from one blog. Half of the remaining were from Matt […]

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As WordPress.com continues to grab more attention and adds more features, I continually wonder why most bloggers would want to deal with installing their own version of WordPress?
The only thing that stops me from using WordPress.com is their policy on advertisements. I have, in person, begged Matt to add an advertising system. I even told […]

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I was just looking at the updated look of WordPress.com and for the most part it is the spitting image of the stock WordPress 2.5 installation. Sure it has some of the normal WordPress.com dashboard enhancements and the removal of the plugins link, but what really drew in my attention was a tab not on […]

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Nicknamed the Bug Exorcist on the Automattic website, Joseph Scott has put up a post on his blog about his experiences with WordPress, and his first year of working full time for Automattic.

The people at Automattic are amazing. At one point I had met everyone in the company, which is saying something since we are […]

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Raj Dash has put up a post on Performancing.com about his recent experiences with WordPress 2.5 and he is not happy. He goes so far as to list every major issue he has had with the software so far, and sums it all up with this:
Automattic, you seriously dropped the ball on this. WordPress 2.5 […]

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It’s always interesting to see Matt in a video interview, and the Best Damn Tech Show Period is very different from the more professional toned shows that he has been on. The language isn’t for those that are sensitive as they do throw around some strong words.
Matt (of WordPress) Drops by the studio and we […]

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I have to admit, I haven’t upgraded to WordPress 2.5 yet on most of my blogs, and that is mostly because I am waiting for plugins to catch up and work correctly with WordPress 2.5, but I also have this nagging feeling that the first major release of any version needs some extra time to […]

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Once you start to get interested in the growth, development and changes in WordPress, it can be hard to think about anything else. At least that is what Jeff of Jeffro2pt0 is realizing as he realizes almost all of his blogging has become WordPress focused.
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been thinking about how great […]

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Mark from 45n5.com has added a new video about his neverending dislike for the WordPress software. This time he complains about WordPress’ out of the box search engine optimization.
He complains about duplicate content, URL structures, and likens it to a 1994 Ford Tempo that needs to be modified to become a race car.
I […]

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So both the WordPress Podcast and WordPress Weekly have put out new episodes this week.
Both talk about WordCamp Dallas, and WordPress 2.5, but in different ways as Charles was one of the key organizers of the event, and Jeff was an attendee.
From the WordPress Podcast episode 39:
I’d intended to release this episode during […]

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It looks like WordCamp Dallas destroyed the podcasting schedule of both the WordPress Podcast, as Charles was the organizer of the Dallas event, and Jeff’s WordPress Weekly, who seems to be backed up sorting through all the media that was recorded.
It looks like the event was great, now I just wish they’d record some […]

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So far, I haven’t heard many big complaints about WordPress 2.5. There are lots of confused people out there trying to get a handle on all of the changes, and many errors they are having are of their own creation, but theme, plugin and other major errors seem to be relatively low for a release […]

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It looks like WordPress 2.5 “Brecker” is making the WordCamp Dallas release date that many people were hoping it would make as the WordPress.org website gets a fresh design that reminds me of the WordPress 2.5 administration panel interface.
Not yet on the development blog, but oddly shown on the front page:
WordPress 2.5, the culmination […]

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