Just noticed that the latest WordPress.org update has been out since Thursday. This time round the update does the following: Certain themes were calling get_categories() in such a way that it would fail in 2.8. 2.8.1 works around this so these themes won’t have to change. Dashboard memory usage is reduced. Some people were running [...]
Fixing Your RSS Feed Problems in WordPress
A fix for the RSS feed blank line problem in WordPress.org
Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
Because I hold you all in such high regard (*pause, gesture, sincere forehead*) I’m going to come clean about a few things. Things you need to know about. (*pause, gesture, furrowed brow*). Some of these things you will have noticed immediately, others you may not have (*look around, meeting everyone’s eye, sincere half-smile*). My all-knowing [...]
WordPress 2.7
As predicted by me old mucker Mr Corey, I am letting you know that I have now installed WordPress.org 2.7 – this is a major milestone and gives an entirely new look to the dashboard. Get it here and learn about the install here and the upgrade here. WordPress.com users were upgraded a few days [...]
Why You Should Upgrade
If you read this blog regularly (or even semi-regularly) you will know that I recommend upgrading WordPress whenever the dashboard tells you to. Quite apart from grabbing the latest features built into the latest releases, you also pick up any patches and security updates. If internet history tells us nothing else, it tells us that [...]



New Plugin – IntenseDebate
As a fan of threaded comments, I decided to try out a new plugin – IntenseDebate. This plugin allows for threaded comments, reply by email, commenter profiles and reputation points (though I may need to be sold on the value of this last one). As with all WordPress plugins, the install is a matter of [...]