. Welcome to the world of Wordpress, Scott!We have a security update release now available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate download. This update is highly recommend for all users of both branches.
\nThese releases include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress codebase to protect against future problems. Many thanks to Sumit Siddharth and Alex Concha for their help with reporting issues in this release.
\nAs an update to the systems issue we had last month, we have taken dozens of additional precautions with the servers and systems that run WordPress.org and they appear to be working well, despite hundreds of hack attempts after we publicly disclosed there had been a problem. We are also now aggressively monitoring all downloads for any changes or modifications, and we are confident the same type of problem won’t happen again.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:69:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/04/wordpress-213-and-2010/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:345:"We have a security update release now available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate download. This update is highly recommend for all users of both branches.\nThese releases include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1138:"We have a security update release now available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate download. This update is highly recommend for all users of both branches.
\nThese releases include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress codebase to protect against future problems. Many thanks to Sumit Siddharth and Alex Concha for their help with reporting issues in this release.
\nAs an update to the systems issue we had last month, we have taken dozens of additional precautions with the servers and systems that run WordPress.org and they appear to be working well, despite hundreds of hack attempts after we publicly disclosed there had been a problem. We are also now aggressively monitoring all downloads for any changes or modifications, and we are confident the same type of problem won’t happen again.
\n";}i:1;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:21:"Google Summer of Code";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/google-summer-of-code/";s:8:"comments";s:72:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/google-summer-of-code/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:28:55 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:7:"General";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/google-summer-of-code/";s:11:"description";s:320:"Looking for something fun to do this summer? All college and university students around the world are invited to apply to get paid $4,500 USD to work on your favorite open source project this summer. WordPress is among the 131 accepted to Google Summer of Code, of more than 300 projects that applied\nWe have eight [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1095:"Looking for something fun to do this summer? All college and university students around the world are invited to apply to get paid $4,500 USD to work on your favorite open source project this summer. WordPress is among the 131 accepted to Google Summer of Code, of more than 300 projects that applied
\nWe have eight committed volunteers who are enthusiastic to mentor, learn, and make WordPress a little better in the process.
\nCheck out our ideas for projects, or propose your own. You must apply
\nby March 24. Good luck!
Looking for something fun to do this summer? All college and university students around the world are invited to apply to get paid $4,500 USD to work on your favorite open source project this summer. WordPress is among the 131 accepted to Google Summer of Code, of more than 300 projects that applied
\nWe have eight committed volunteers who are enthusiastic to mentor, learn, and make WordPress a little better in the process.
\nCheck out our ideas for projects, or propose your own. You must apply
\nby March 24. Good luck!
One of the greatest things about WordPress has always been the amazing number of high-quality plugins available for the platform. I believe that there aren’t any more “killer features” in software, there are 10,000 killer features and everyone has a different 20. If we tried to put everything into WordPress the result would be, for lack of a better term, bloated. However through our robust plugin API people have used WordPress as a platform for building almost anything you can imagine leveraging the huge WP userbase and scalable core codebase.
\nThat’s all fine and dandy, but having all these plugins isn’t that useful if you’ve got no place to find them. Even though we have provided development hosting at wp-plugins.org for years, we hadn’t had a user interface to the plugins hosted there, which I think was a travesty.
\nNo longer! Our ever-expanding “extend” section now has a brand-spanking new plugins directory where you can browse, download, rate, and comment on all your favorite plugins. I highly encourage you to go check it out.
\nFor users, this means:
\nFor developers, you now have:
\nAs a developer all you need to do to start taking advantage of the new plugin pages is to include a properly formatted readme.txt file along with your plugin.
\nProps to Michael Adams, Mark Jaquith, and Matt Thomas for making this dream a reality. We hope you all enjoy it and if you have any feedback blog it and link back to this entry so we get the pingback. Happy downloading!
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:63:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/plugin-directory/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:357:"One of the greatest things about WordPress has always been the amazing number of high-quality plugins available for the platform. I believe that there aren’t any more “killer features” in software, there are 10,000 killer features and everyone has a different 20. If we tried to put everything into WordPress the result would be, for [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:2705:"One of the greatest things about WordPress has always been the amazing number of high-quality plugins available for the platform. I believe that there aren’t any more “killer features” in software, there are 10,000 killer features and everyone has a different 20. If we tried to put everything into WordPress the result would be, for lack of a better term, bloated. However through our robust plugin API people have used WordPress as a platform for building almost anything you can imagine leveraging the huge WP userbase and scalable core codebase.
\nThat’s all fine and dandy, but having all these plugins isn’t that useful if you’ve got no place to find them. Even though we have provided development hosting at wp-plugins.org for years, we hadn’t had a user interface to the plugins hosted there, which I think was a travesty.
\nNo longer! Our ever-expanding “extend” section now has a brand-spanking new plugins directory where you can browse, download, rate, and comment on all your favorite plugins. I highly encourage you to go check it out.
\nFor users, this means:
\nFor developers, you now have:
\nAs a developer all you need to do to start taking advantage of the new plugin pages is to include a properly formatted readme.txt file along with your plugin.
\nProps to Michael Adams, Mark Jaquith, and Matt Thomas for making this dream a reality. We hope you all enjoy it and if you have any feedback blog it and link back to this entry so we get the pingback. Happy downloading!
\n";}i:3;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:17:"WordPress at SxSW";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/wordpress-at-sxsw/";s:8:"comments";s:68:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/wordpress-at-sxsw/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 10 Mar 2007 09:29:22 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:6:"Events";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/wordpress-at-sxsw/";s:11:"description";s:301:"Every year South by Southwest, or SxSW, is a very unique and affordable confluence of some of the most influential minds on the web gathering in the state where I grew up, Texas. It’s actually the first tech conference I ever went to, four years ago, and where I got my start down the path [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1368:"Every year South by Southwest, or SxSW, is a very unique and affordable confluence of some of the most influential minds on the web gathering in the state where I grew up, Texas. It’s actually the first tech conference I ever went to, four years ago, and where I got my start down the path that has led me to where I am today.
\nAnother movement close to my heart, Barcamp, is in full effect here in Austin. Saturday March 10 at 6 PM we’re going to do a WordPress meetup at the Barcamp venue Bourbon Rocks on 6th Street. Unlike many other SxSW parties, it is completely open to the public and doesn’t require a conference badge. There will be food and drinks available, and a live band after we wrap up the meetup.
\nSo come enjoy part of your SxSW evening in this beautiful Austin weather with fellow WordPressers. In addition to the good company, we’ll have an assortment of cool WordPress stickers free for the taking.
\nFinally if you’re attending the conference part of SxSW Interactive, be sure to check out the following cool speakers who are WordPress users like yourself:
\n\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/wordpress-at-sxsw/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:301:"Every year South by Southwest, or SxSW, is a very unique and affordable confluence of some of the most influential minds on the web gathering in the state where I grew up, Texas. It’s actually the first tech conference I ever went to, four years ago, and where I got my start down the path [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:1368:"Every year South by Southwest, or SxSW, is a very unique and affordable confluence of some of the most influential minds on the web gathering in the state where I grew up, Texas. It’s actually the first tech conference I ever went to, four years ago, and where I got my start down the path that has led me to where I am today.
\nAnother movement close to my heart, Barcamp, is in full effect here in Austin. Saturday March 10 at 6 PM we’re going to do a WordPress meetup at the Barcamp venue Bourbon Rocks on 6th Street. Unlike many other SxSW parties, it is completely open to the public and doesn’t require a conference badge. There will be food and drinks available, and a live band after we wrap up the meetup.
\nSo come enjoy part of your SxSW evening in this beautiful Austin weather with fellow WordPressers. In addition to the good company, we’ll have an assortment of cool WordPress stickers free for the taking.
\nFinally if you’re attending the conference part of SxSW Interactive, be sure to check out the following cool speakers who are WordPress users like yourself:
\n\n";}i:4;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:43:"WordPress 2.1.1 dangerous, Upgrade to 2.1.2";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/";s:8:"comments";s:62:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:53:18 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/";s:11:"description";s:343:"Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.\nLonger explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:660:"Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.
\nLonger explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.
\n\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/03/upgrade-212/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:343:"Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.\nLonger explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:660:"Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.
\nLonger explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.
\n\n";}i:5;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:29:"New Releases: 2.1.1 and 2.0.9";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/";s:8:"comments";s:63:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Wed, 21 Feb 2007 06:45:12 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/";s:11:"description";s:369:"We’ve got a new bugfix and security release for both of our actively maintained branches of WordPress. Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. It’s available for immediate download on our download page. \nVersion 2.0.9 only includes the security update, which was around [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:991:"We’ve got a new bugfix and security release for both of our actively maintained branches of WordPress. Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. It’s available for immediate download on our download page.
\nVersion 2.0.9 only includes the security update, which was around the code we use to prevent XSS. You can download it from our release archive. As a reminder, we’ve committed to proving security updates to 2.0 through 2010, but all new features and development are going into the newer branch, which is at this time 2.1.
\nThis is a low-to-medium priority update recommended for all WordPress users. After the break is a list of changed files.
\n\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:59:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/02/new-releases/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:369:"We’ve got a new bugfix and security release for both of our actively maintained branches of WordPress. Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. It’s available for immediate download on our download page. \nVersion 2.0.9 only includes the security update, which was around [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:991:"We’ve got a new bugfix and security release for both of our actively maintained branches of WordPress. Version 2.1.1 includes about 30 bug fixes, mostly minor things around encoding, XML-RPC, the object cache, and HTML code. It’s available for immediate download on our download page.
\nVersion 2.0.9 only includes the security update, which was around the code we use to prevent XSS. You can download it from our release archive. As a reminder, we’ve committed to proving security updates to 2.0 through 2010, but all new features and development are going into the newer branch, which is at this time 2.1.
\nThis is a low-to-medium priority update recommended for all WordPress users. After the break is a list of changed files.
\n\n";}i:6;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:18:"WordPress 2.1 Ella";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/";s:8:"comments";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:24:43 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:8:"Releases";s:4:"guid";s:49:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/";s:11:"description";s:377:"On behalf of the WordPress.org community of commiters, contributers, and volunteers, I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 2.1 “Ella”, named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Here’s a sampling of what’s in the new version:\n\n Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again. \n Our new tabbed editor allows you to [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:4690:"On behalf of the WordPress.org community of commiters, contributers, and volunteers, I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 2.1 “Ella”, named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Here’s a sampling of what’s in the new version:
\n…and much, much more. There are little easter eggs hidden everywhere, so the best way to find everything new is to just try it out.
\nDevelopers will especially love this release, as it has much cleaner code than 2.0 and includes hundreds of enhancements that will enable a new generation of richer plugins. Here’s a taste of some of the things included:
\n2.1 also includes over 550 bug fixes.
\nWhat’s really exciting for me is what’s coming in the future. First of all, the 2.0 series was an unparalleled success, with over 1.8 million downloads, and thanks to the work of Mark Jaquith we’re committing to maintaining stable security and bug fixes on the 2.0 branch until 2010.
\nMore exciting for most of our users, though, is our new development cycle. Based on everything we’ve learned in the past 3 years of doing WordPress, we’ve decided to shift to a more frequent release schedule like Ubuntu, with major releases coming several times a year. So, for the first time in WordPress’ history, I have an answer to when the next version is coming out: April 23rd.
\nEven better, the development will be driven primarily by the features you guys are voting for on the ideas board. (But wait, there’s more: the ideas board now has a new Hot-or-Not-like interface for rating a bunch of ideas at once, so go get your vote on and have a say in WordPress 2.2.)
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:54:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ella-21/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:377:"On behalf of the WordPress.org community of commiters, contributers, and volunteers, I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 2.1 “Ella”, named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Here’s a sampling of what’s in the new version:\n\n Autosave makes sure you never lose a post again. \n Our new tabbed editor allows you to [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:4690:"On behalf of the WordPress.org community of commiters, contributers, and volunteers, I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of WordPress 2.1 “Ella”, named for jazz vocalist Ella Fitzgerald. Here’s a sampling of what’s in the new version:
\n…and much, much more. There are little easter eggs hidden everywhere, so the best way to find everything new is to just try it out.
\nDevelopers will especially love this release, as it has much cleaner code than 2.0 and includes hundreds of enhancements that will enable a new generation of richer plugins. Here’s a taste of some of the things included:
\n2.1 also includes over 550 bug fixes.
\nWhat’s really exciting for me is what’s coming in the future. First of all, the 2.0 series was an unparalleled success, with over 1.8 million downloads, and thanks to the work of Mark Jaquith we’re committing to maintaining stable security and bug fixes on the 2.0 branch until 2010.
\nMore exciting for most of our users, though, is our new development cycle. Based on everything we’ve learned in the past 3 years of doing WordPress, we’ve decided to shift to a more frequent release schedule like Ubuntu, with major releases coming several times a year. So, for the first time in WordPress’ history, I have an answer to when the next version is coming out: April 23rd.
\nEven better, the development will be driven primarily by the features you guys are voting for on the ideas board. (But wait, there’s more: the ideas board now has a new Hot-or-Not-like interface for rating a bunch of ideas at once, so go get your vote on and have a say in WordPress 2.2.)
\n";}i:7;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"WordPress 2.0.7";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/";s:8:"comments";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:14:24 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:12:"Mark Jaquith";}s:8:"category";s:16:"SecurityReleases";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/";s:11:"description";s:331:"Recently a bug in certain versions of PHP came to our attention that could cause a security vulnerability in your blog. We’re able to work around it fairly easily, so we’ve decided to release 2.0.7 to fix the PHP security problem and the Feedburner issue that was in 2.0.6. It is recommended that everyone running [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2239:"Recently a bug in certain versions of PHP came to our attention that could cause a security vulnerability in your blog. We’re able to work around it fairly easily, so we’ve decided to release 2.0.7 to fix the PHP security problem and the Feedburner issue that was in 2.0.6. It is recommended that everyone running WordPress 2.0.6 or lower upgrade to this new version.
\nBecause this is a much smaller update than previous versions, you do not have to update all of WordPress’ files if you’re upgrading from version 2.0.6. Here is the list of files that have changed since 2.0.6:
\nWe know it sucks to have a release only 10 days after our last one, but we think it’s important enough for your blog to be secure to do it, and hopefully only having to change a few files will make the upgrade easier than normal.
\nHere are the changes that have been made since 2.0.6:
\nwp_unregister_GLOBALS() to work around the zend_hash_del_key_or_index bug in PHP 4 versions less than 4.4.3 and PHP 5 versions less than 5.1.4 with register_globals set to “On.”304 Not Modified headers instead of mismatched 200/304 headers (a.k.a. the FeedBurner bug).304 Not Modified fix from WordPress 2.1And just as a reminder, the next major version of WordPress (2.1) is due out by the end of the month, but the 2.0 branch of WordPress will continue to be maintained for several years.
\n";}s:3:"wfw";a:1:{s:10:"commentrss";s:60:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-207/feed/";}s:7:"summary";s:331:"Recently a bug in certain versions of PHP came to our attention that could cause a security vulnerability in your blog. We’re able to work around it fairly easily, so we’ve decided to release 2.0.7 to fix the PHP security problem and the Feedburner issue that was in 2.0.6. It is recommended that everyone running [...]";s:12:"atom_content";s:2239:"Recently a bug in certain versions of PHP came to our attention that could cause a security vulnerability in your blog. We’re able to work around it fairly easily, so we’ve decided to release 2.0.7 to fix the PHP security problem and the Feedburner issue that was in 2.0.6. It is recommended that everyone running WordPress 2.0.6 or lower upgrade to this new version.
\nBecause this is a much smaller update than previous versions, you do not have to update all of WordPress’ files if you’re upgrading from version 2.0.6. Here is the list of files that have changed since 2.0.6:
\nWe know it sucks to have a release only 10 days after our last one, but we think it’s important enough for your blog to be secure to do it, and hopefully only having to change a few files will make the upgrade easier than normal.
\nHere are the changes that have been made since 2.0.6:
\nwp_unregister_GLOBALS() to work around the zend_hash_del_key_or_index bug in PHP 4 versions less than 4.4.3 and PHP 5 versions less than 5.1.4 with register_globals set to “On.”304 Not Modified headers instead of mismatched 200/304 headers (a.k.a. the FeedBurner bug).304 Not Modified fix from WordPress 2.1And just as a reminder, the next major version of WordPress (2.1) is due out by the end of the month, but the 2.0 branch of WordPress will continue to be maintained for several years.
\n";}i:8;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:17:"Ideas and Kvetch!";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ideas-and-kvetch/";s:8:"comments";s:67:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ideas-and-kvetch/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:18:15 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:15:"MetaDevelopment";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/ideas-and-kvetch/";s:11:"description";s:324:"It’s a new year, and we have a new major release of WordPress coming soon. (We’re currently aiming for the 22nd.) It’s as good a time as any to examine where we’ve been, and where we are, and where we’re going as a community. 2006 was a pretty exciting year, we saw 1.54 million downloads [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:2235:"It’s a new year, and we have a new major release of WordPress coming soon. (We’re currently aiming for the 22nd.) It’s as good a time as any to examine where we’ve been, and where we are, and where we’re going as a community. 2006 was a pretty exciting year, we saw 1.54 million downloads of WP, and that’s not even counting the people who install it through their host’s one-click install or the half a million who have experienced it through the hosted WordPress.com. WordPress is touching more lives than ever.
\nHowever, just because what we’ve done has worked in the past doesn’t mean it’s the best for the future. We have to take a self-critical look at assumptions we have about our development process and WP itself. The upcoming release, which has been long coming, is a perfect time to focus on WP’s secret ingredient… you.
\nIf you could add anything in the world to WordPress, what would it be? If you could name the thing that frustrates you the most about WP, what would that be?
\nNow you can tell us. We’re announcing new projects—two sides of the same coin.
\nThe first is simply called Ideas, and it’s a place where you can share your wildest WordPress wishes with the world, and also vote on other people’s ideas. This allows people outside our normal circle of developers to have a direct say in what goes into the next version of WordPress. For 2.2, which comes out in late April, we will include the top voted on features, so propose something, tell your friends about it, and link it from your blog.
\nThe second we’ve named after the Yiddish word, Kvetch. This is a place where you can quickly and anonymously express whatever might disagree with you in the WordPress world. Let it all loose, but try to keep it PG rated, and we’ll show a random kvetch on the page once we get enough in the system.
\nBoth are just part of putting you guys—our users—first. It’s easy because there’s so many of you.
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\nHowever, just because what we’ve done has worked in the past doesn’t mean it’s the best for the future. We have to take a self-critical look at assumptions we have about our development process and WP itself. The upcoming release, which has been long coming, is a perfect time to focus on WP’s secret ingredient… you.
\nIf you could add anything in the world to WordPress, what would it be? If you could name the thing that frustrates you the most about WP, what would that be?
\nNow you can tell us. We’re announcing new projects—two sides of the same coin.
\nThe first is simply called Ideas, and it’s a place where you can share your wildest WordPress wishes with the world, and also vote on other people’s ideas. This allows people outside our normal circle of developers to have a direct say in what goes into the next version of WordPress. For 2.2, which comes out in late April, we will include the top voted on features, so propose something, tell your friends about it, and link it from your blog.
\nThe second we’ve named after the Yiddish word, Kvetch. This is a place where you can quickly and anonymously express whatever might disagree with you in the WordPress world. Let it all loose, but try to keep it PG rated, and we’ll show a random kvetch on the page once we get enough in the system.
\nBoth are just part of putting you guys—our users—first. It’s easy because there’s so many of you.
\n";}i:9;a:12:{s:5:"title";s:15:"WordPress 2.0.6";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/";s:8:"comments";s:64:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/#comments";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:24:14 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:8:"category";s:16:"SecurityReleases";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://wordpress.org/development/2007/01/wordpress-206/";s:11:"description";s:414:"We have a pretty important release available for everyone, it includes an important security fix and it’s recommended that everyone upgrade. This is the latest release in our stable 2.0 line, which we’ve committed to maintaining for several more years.\nHere’s what’s new:\n\nThe aforementioned security fixes.\nHTML quicktags now work in Safari browsers.\nComments are filtered to prevent [...]";s:7:"content";a:1:{s:7:"encoded";s:1444:"We have a pretty important release available for everyone, it includes an important security fix and it’s recommended that everyone upgrade. This is the latest release in our stable 2.0 line, which we’ve committed to maintaining for several more years.
\nHere’s what’s new:
\nFor developers, there’s a new anti-XSS function called attribute_escape(), and a new filter called “query” which allows you filter any SQL at runtime. (Which is pretty powerful.) Thanks to Mark Jaquith for handling this release and Stefan Esser for responsibly reporting the security issue.
\nAs always, you can download the latest version of WordPress here.
\nAs a side note, this is probably our last release before 2.1 is out, which will be our first major feature release in quite a while. 2.1 just entered beta stage, so if you’re interested in helping out with that process consider joining our beta group. As a reminder, if you’re a plugin or theme author you should check your code to make sure it’s compatible with 2.1 before the release.
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\nFor developers, there’s a new anti-XSS function called attribute_escape(), and a new filter called “query” which allows you filter any SQL at runtime. (Which is pretty powerful.) Thanks to Mark Jaquith for handling this release and Stefan Esser for responsibly reporting the security issue.
\nAs always, you can download the latest version of WordPress here.
\nAs a side note, this is probably our last release before 2.1 is out, which will be our first major feature release in quite a while. 2.1 just entered beta stage, so if you’re interested in helping out with that process consider joining our beta group. As a reminder, if you’re a plugin or theme author you should check your code to make sure it’s compatible with 2.1 before the release.
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Radio to WordPress Migration: Scott writes out some instructions on how to migrate from Radio Userland to Wordpress in the process of finally migrating to Wordpress himself. I found some resources in the Wordpress wiki that needs serous TLC but Scott’s instructions might help some people. He uses a tool from Steve Hooker called backLogAllRSS but had to hack the code for things to work to his liking and he promises to share the code . Welcome to the world of Wordpress, Scott!
WordPress Commodore 64 Theme Remember the Command Line Interface (CLI) theme for Wordpress. Well now there is a theme to convert your Wordpress blog into a Commodore 64. Since the the blog has been Boing Boinged, server might be slow/dead but there is an alternative link. I love how Cory puts it … “It’s endlessly fascinating and deliciously pointless”, I cannot help but concur!
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:15:31 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:595:"WordPress Commodore 64 Theme Remember the Command Line Interface (CLI) theme for Wordpress. Well now there is a theme to convert your Wordpress blog into a Commodore 64. Since the the blog has been Boing Boinged, server might be slow/dead but there is an alternative link. I love how Cory puts it … “It’s endlessly fascinating and deliciously pointless”, I cannot help but concur!
";}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:25:"Matt: Solo and the Wookie";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/28/solo-and-the-wookie/";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://photomatt.net/2007/04/28/solo-and-the-wookie/";s:11:"description";s:226:"Bring me Solo and the Wookie. P.S. I Can Has Cheezeburger is now hosted on WordPress.com.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:25:52 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Matt";}s:7:"summary";s:226:"Bring me Solo and the Wookie. P.S. I Can Has Cheezeburger is now hosted on WordPress.com.
";}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:67:"Weblog Tools Collection: How to Design Your Own Minimalist WP Theme";s:4:"guid";s:96:"http://weblogtoolscollection.com/archives/2007/04/27/how-to-design-your-own-minimalist-wp-theme/";s:4:"link";s:71:"http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogtoolscollection/UXMP/~3/112489864/";s:11:"description";s:497:"How to Design Your Own Minimalist Wordpress Theme: Here’s a simple trick* for creating your very own minimalist Wordpress themes, as discussed endlessly by Diggers. First, download and install your chosen theme from any of the various Wordpress theme sites. Next, accidentally on purpose delete the themes image folder. View your blog with all of the theme’s original images missing. Interesting thought.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:31:"Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:00:20 +0000";s:2:"dc";a:1:{s:7:"creator";s:4:"Mark";}s:7:"summary";s:497:"How to Design Your Own Minimalist Wordpress Theme: Here’s a simple trick* for creating your very own minimalist Wordpress themes, as discussed endlessly by Diggers. First, download and install your chosen theme from any of the various Wordpress theme sites. Next, accidentally on purpose delete the themes image folder. View your blog with all of the theme’s original images missing. Interesting thought.
";}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Dougal Campbell: Benefits of Blogging";s:4:"guid";s:62:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/04/27/benefits-of-blogging";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://dougal.gunters.org/blog/2007/04/27/benefits-of-blogging";s:11:"description";s:1523:"\nMy brother-in-law, Bob, has been keeping a blog on wordpress.com for a while now called Arcane Code. He mostly writes about software development using Microsoft tools, because that''s what he does for a living. He''s also had some interesting posts lately about installing various flavors of Linux under Virtual PC, and a long series digging deeply into SQL Server. But one of his most recent posts caught my eye and I wanted to share it: Arcane Thoughts: Benefits of Blogging.\n
\n\nIn this article, Bob briefly outlines six benefits that he gets from writing on his blog: Meet and Greet, Self Documenting, Self Promotion, Mentoring, Education, and Giving Back. Even though I don''t make time to post something new every day (I wish I could), I have some of the same thoughts and feelings about why I keep a blog. Click on over, read his post, tell Bob why you blog. And tell him that Dougal sent you. 
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\nMy brother-in-law, Bob, has been keeping a blog on wordpress.com for a while now called Arcane Code. He mostly writes about software development using Microsoft tools, because that''s what he does for a living. He''s also had some interesting posts lately about installing various flavors of Linux under Virtual PC, and a long series digging deeply into SQL Server. But one of his most recent posts caught my eye and I wanted to share it: Arcane Thoughts: Benefits of Blogging.\n
\n\nIn this article, Bob briefly outlines six benefits that he gets from writing on his blog: Meet and Greet, Self Documenting, Self Promotion, Mentoring, Education, and Giving Back. Even though I don''t make time to post something new every day (I wish I could), I have some of the same thoughts and feelings about why I keep a blog. Click on over, read his post, tell Bob why you blog. And tell him that Dougal sent you. \n
Stripe Generator: While you are waiting for the Wordpress Theme Generator to dig itself out of the digg effect, check out this “ajax diagonal stripes background designer”. At first I was wondering what use cool looking candy stripes would be until I read the Striped Designs post on their blog. I love the subtle gradient stripes! Thanks to a ping from ScriptyGoddess for the Wordpress Theme Generator post.
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";}i:6;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Alex King: All Things Digital";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://alexking.org/blog/2007/04/26/all-things-digital";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://alexking.org/blog/2007/04/26/all-things-digital";s:11:"description";s:7180:"Yesterday evening All Things Digital, a new home for Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and John Paczkowski was unleashed on the internet.
\n
I’ve been working on this for the past month and a half, and it’s been a real whirlwind project. When we got the contract to build the site using WordPress, we were warned that it was an aggressive build schedule.
\nIt was.
\nAnd that was before the inevitable scope creep. 
Luckily there all-star team was in place to make it all happen. In particular the people at Mule Design who created the design and the initial XHTML/CSS template for the site (which are both top notch), Adam Tow who worked on the build portion of the project with me (and really did an outstanding job), Brian Oberkirch who can herd cats with the best of them, the great folks at Automattic who are hosting the site, Raanan Bar-Cohen, Beth Callaghan and the Dow Jones and WSJ teams, and last but certainly not least, the site principals. I really can’t say enough good things about these folks; if any of them hadn’t executed at the highest level, there is no way the site would be live right now.
\nDuring the requirements gathering portion of the project, I was very pleased when they asked explicitly for us to implement “Om’s Share This” plugin. Of course, Om’s plugin is actually my plugin - it’s great to see the plugin and the icon getting traction in such high profile sites.
\nFor those of you who are interested in the technical details, here’s a little high-level about the build itself.
\nThe site is running a single instance of WordPress Multi-User (WPMU), the same software that powers wordpress.com. It is running on several machines, but I’m happy to say I don’t know many of the server configuration details. Barry took care of all of that for us.
\nAll Things Digital isn’t your typical WPMU site. Instead of many separate blogs, we have a single site with lots and lots of content. Yes there are a couple of traditional blogs, but there are also imported WSJ columns (complete with archives), video all over the place, and there is little sense of each blog being a unique site. Quite the opposite, we often pull content from 3 or 4 “blogs”1 into a single page. You don’t see that happening a lot on a standard wordpress.com blog.
\nWe actually vacillated a little between using WPMU and a single user WordPress (WPSU) installation. It’s easier to access data globally from a WPSU installation, but creating the appearance of multiple blogs (like I do on this site) requires some complicated category manipulation, and it doesn’t have separate admin interfaces for each “blog”, which is helpful when you have multiple authors each working on their own individual content. When we made the choice to go with WPMU we weren’t sure if we were making the right decision, but with the benefit of hindsight I’m quite confident we made the right choice.
\nI’m not sure how often WPMU has been used in this manner (pulling content from multiple blogs for a single site) in the past, but I do know that it will be a lot easier in the future. Donncha did some great optimizations to make it faster to access content from other “blogs” in WPMU while we were building out the site. Thanks to the beauty of open source, everyone benefits.
\nThe fact we were able to do all of our extensive customizations in themes and plugins is a testament to WordPress’s flexibility (and to Adam’s and my creativity 
). No core changes means easy upgrades and maintenance - always a good thing.
This was a fun and challenging site to build, and there are plenty more great ideas planned for the future. I look forward to watching the great content pour in from Walt, Kara, John and the guest bloggers.
\nYesterday evening All Things Digital, a new home for Walt Mossberg, Kara Swisher and John Paczkowski was unleashed on the internet.
\n
I’ve been working on this for the past month and a half, and it’s been a real whirlwind project. When we got the contract to build the site using WordPress, we were warned that it was an aggressive build schedule.
\nIt was.
\nAnd that was before the inevitable scope creep.
Luckily there all-star team was in place to make it all happen. In particular the people at Mule Design who created the design and the initial XHTML/CSS template for the site (which are both top notch), Adam Tow who worked on the build portion of the project with me (and really did an outstanding job), Brian Oberkirch who can herd cats with the best of them, the great folks at Automattic who are hosting the site, Raanan Bar-Cohen, Beth Callaghan and the Dow Jones and WSJ teams, and last but certainly not least, the site principals. I really can’t say enough good things about these folks; if any of them hadn’t executed at the highest level, there is no way the site would be live right now.
\nDuring the requirements gathering portion of the project, I was very pleased when they asked explicitly for us to implement “Om’s Share This” plugin. Of course, Om’s plugin is actually my plugin - it’s great to see the plugin and the icon getting traction in such high profile sites.
\nFor those of you who are interested in the technical details, here’s a little high-level about the build itself.
\nThe site is running a single instance of WordPress Multi-User (WPMU), the same software that powers wordpress.com. It is running on several machines, but I’m happy to say I don’t know many of the server configuration details. Barry took care of all of that for us.
\nAll Things Digital isn’t your typical WPMU site. Instead of many separate blogs, we have a single site with lots and lots of content. Yes there are a couple of traditional blogs, but there are also imported WSJ columns (complete with archives), video all over the place, and there is little sense of each blog being a unique site. Quite the opposite, we often pull content from 3 or 4 “blogs”1 into a single page. You don’t see that happening a lot on a standard wordpress.com blog.
\