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WordPress 3.6 Release Candidate (wordpress.org)
The first release candidate for WordPress 3.6 is now available.
We hope to ship WordPress 3.6 in a couple weeks. But to do that, we really need your help! If you haven’t tested 3.6 yet, there’s no time like the present. (But please: not on a live production site, unless you’re feeling especially adventurous.) -
BuddyPress 1.8 Released With Better Theming Capabilities (wpmu.org)
The BuddyPress core team promised a short release cycle for 1.8 and they have delivered! BuddyPress 1.8 was released today and cheers were heard around the world. -
5 Backup Solutions for WordPress Multisite Networks (wpmu.org)
There are hundreds of ways to backup WordPress sites but very few of them are compatible with multisite networks. Here are a few backup solutions that advertise themselves as multisite compatible. Most of the major commercial plugins dedicated to backing up WordPress have only just recently added multisite support. If you’re wondering how they compare on cost and features then read on. -
Our Secrets: How WPwatercooler Crossed 2.5 Million Views (chrislema.com)
I don’t know about all that. I can’t predict the future. But here’s what I can do. I can be generous with all our secrets, in the case that it helps others succeed too. We did, after all, just cross the 2.5 million view mark. Another milestone this week was that we also crossed the 1,000 subscriber mark. -
The Future of WP Daily (wpdaily.co)
There has been much thought and feedback over the last day about what will happen to WP Daily. Please know that we have a plan in place! We are going to put the site back online for archiving purposes for the community. -
Watch out Instagram! 3 Reasons Why Pressgram is Tops (www.wpkube.com)
If you haven’t heard about Pressgram yet, it is essentially a mirror of Instagram, but what differs between the apps is the philosophy. For instance take the mission statement of Instagram. -
Post Status v2.0 (www.wpkube.com)
Brian Krogsgard recently updated the design and functionality of the Post Status. For those who don’t know, Brian is a web developer from Alabama and has been building websites since 2008. He has also written close to 200 articles for WPCandy, and posted some great content on his personal blog. -
Interview With The Founders of WPRemote (www.wptavern.com)
WPRemote is a quick and easy way to monitor multiple websites all for the price of free. However, they’ve recently launched a $5.00 per month/per site automatic backup plan. I caught up with the founders of this small service to see what their plans were for the future.
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Working with Classes and IDs Generated By WordPress (wp.tutsplus.com)
A helpful feature of WordPress is the way it generates classes and IDs. Some of these are generated by the system itself, while in other cases you insert some PHP in your theme and WordPress uses that to add classes and IDs to the page markup.
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Get URL Of Any PHP File In WordPress (www.deluxeblogtips.com)
Getting URL of current page or current PHP file is a very common task. And that is not exceptional in WordPress. For example: when you include a plugin in a theme, or using LESS PHP compiler.
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Add Back HTML Tags Stripped From Content Limit Excerpts in WordPress (wpsites.net)
You may have noticed WordPress removes all HTML formatting from excerpts on your blog and other archive pages. This is also the case when using the Genesis > Content Archives to limit the length of your content archives.
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Widgets Which Display Automatically For Each Day Of The Week (wpsites.net)
This post includes the PHP code which creates 7 custom widgets for each day of the week.
The content you populate in each days widget will automatically display depending on which day it is.
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Circle Buttons (wpsites.net)
Trying to get your readers attention can be a major challenge. Even displaying colored buttons doesn’t always increase click thru’s.
If you’re looking for a highly visible call to action button, why not try a big circle button.
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How to Add a Floating Social Share Bar in WordPress (www.wpbeginner.com)
Most social media plugins for WordPress are bloated. Partially because they support all sorts of social networks. The other part is because social media scripts are inherently slow. Well we fixed both of those issues in this plugin. First, we are only supporting the major social networks: Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.
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How to Customize Your WordPress Theme With a Child Theme (wp.tutsplus.com)
So you have a WordPress theme on your website, either a free one or a commercial one, and you want to customize it. Someone has wisely recommended you do this by “creating a child theme”. But what does that mean, and how do you do it?
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