Wordpress

My blog used to get around 100-300 spam comments/trackbacks a day while Akismet was doing a great job, but as time went by it became very tedious to go through the comment/trackback spam to make sure no legitimate comments were caught. Using a combination of three WordPress plugins and without the help of Akismet I […]

I’ll repeat it WordPress is not a CMS, its a Blog. Its a different issue that it is flexible enough to be used as a CMS. The reason I am using it is because I want a blog not a CMS and I love it because because its the best Blogging software out there. If […]

Artur Kim has complied a list of Top Blogs that blog about WordPress based on their Page Rank, Alexa and Technorati Rankings. My blog is at positioned at number 10. I want to thank my readers who have made this possible. Mani karthik has also compiled a list of upcoming Tech Bloggers in India. Here […]

I came across this post on quickonlinetips who got these tips from Matt Cutts. While some of them I have been following there a few tips that are new to me or can be done in a better way I am listing them all here.
1. Drop the WordPress Meta Tag
By default a large number of […]

Update: SandPress For Blogger Has been Released by zonacerebral You can see the demo here.
The SandPress WordPress theme has been updated to Version 0.71 its has a number of minor css fixes, and a few other fixes based on user feedback. I am thinking of moving to a better host soon. My current choices are […]

Here’s a list of Future Features that you can expect in WordPress in the next year, Or maybe 2009.

WordPress is evolving into a content management system.
WordPress Plugins updates will be shown in your WordPress Administration Panels and will be linked to the database in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
BackPress a library which will create an API […]

While the SandBox Wordpress theme competition has received a lot of attention. I would like to remind my readers that simultaneously a WordPress Plugin competition has been taking place. I saw a number extremely useful and amazing WordPress Plugins. I would like to highlight some the best Plugins that have been developed by the community.
Who […]

Recently my friend Kanak’s website content was posted on a splog. Its really sad when people steal your content, which you took so much time and effort to sit and write down. I Introduced him to blogging a few months back and have been helping him out. I tried searching for some WordPress Plugins that […]

Today its been weird reading through my RSS Feeds, after reading all these posts surrounding the controversy and mud slinging around the sponsored Themes debate. I’ve been very confused. People in the WordPress Community are not what they seem. I still stand by my opinion that what Matt and Mark Gosh did was the right […]

Update: Matt just nuked sponsored themes on the Wordpress Theme Viewers.
Sponsored theme authors had it coming, while I have nothing against sponsored themes, lately the quality of themes being posted on the Wordpress planet have degraded with most of them being sponsored themes. As someone who watches out for good looking theme I am sick […]

Wordpress 2.2.1 Release Candidate is currently available for download. Wordpress 2.2 has a few bugs and security issues. Give 2.2.1 Release Candidate a test drive and help the WordPress developers release a more stable WordPress.
There is a new feature in WordPress 2.3 Called Pending Review. This feature adds a “Submit for Review” Button for […]

Looks like the Wordpress developers are sticking to their promise of more releases in shorter time periods. Boren has post on what’s inside the trunk for Wordpress 2.3 so far.
What’s New in Wordpress 2.3

A new Tagging system similar to the Ultimate Tag Warrior Wordpress Plugin.
Link and Post Categories have been separated.
Post and page management Administration […]

David Kierznowski of Operation n has discovered some serious flaws in the WordPress Adsense Deluxe plugin as part of the WordPress Angel Project. The vulnerability(s) affect all versions.
The Plugin has not been updated yet so please head over to David’s blog to download the temporary fix.
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The Copy Feed Wordpress Plugin has been Translated to English. Copy Feed is a powerful Wordpress plugin to protect your content from sploggers. Previously it was available only in German.
How The Copy Feed Wordpress Plugin Works :
The Plugin adds content to a feed. It is possible to configure the copyright message. You can use html. […]

The Clean Wordpress Theme has been updated. I have now added support for widgets, Wordpress 2.2 has the widgets plugin bundled by default. I have also done some minor changes and CSS bug fixes. The Theme version has now been bumped to 0.6. Download it if you would like to have widgets support. You can […]