Sara over at search-this.com had the opportunity to interview Matt Mullenweg, she was able to do this interview on the heels of some big events: Blog World Expo, the announcement of the WordPress Theme MarketPlace, and the infamous PR update. Podcast Highlights * 00:25 – Matt talks about BlogWorldExpo. * 2:18 – We talk about [...]

The Feed Count plugin will display the the number of subscribers to your feedburner feed on your sidebar,Yes there’s already the feedburner chicklet to do the job but this plugin is another option if for some reason you do not like the Feedburner chicklet. Features * [New in 1.2] CURL support (more hosting provider are [...]

Yoghourt is quite an odd name for a theme but still it’s a pretty good 2 column theme and should be good for those with a personal blog. Live Demo | Visit & Download According to the author he designed this particular theme because he wanted to give the theme a personal touch (picture/portrait in [...]

DualFeeds turns your feed into two separate feeds (full post and summary), allowing your readers to subscribe the feed of their choice. Features * Allows you to offer readers both a full post feed and a summary feed * Works for all feeds (category, tag, author, etc) not just main site feed * Sidebar widget [...]

Comment spam has been a problem for bloggers since the inception of blogs, and it just doesn’t seem to go away. The worst kind, and most prolific, is automated spam that comes from bots. Well, finally there is a solution, without CAPTCHA’s, challenge questions, or other inconvenience to site visitors. The WP-SpamFree plugin virtually eliminates [...]

Want to use WordPress to manage your class, publish research, or collaborate on a conference presentation? ScholarPress develops a variety of WordPress plugins for academic and educational uses. It was created by Jeremy Boggs & Dave Lester, Jeremy is the Creative Lead at the Center for History and New Media, and a PhD student in [...]

Just a heads up that WordPress 2.4 will be available for download by January 24th 2008 which means for the rest of this year there won’t be a major update, version 2.4 was supposed to be released on December 12th 2007 but was pushed to early next year. I like the way WordPress has organized [...]

I’ve reach a milestone, because WPTP-Chocolate is the 10th WordPress theme that i am releasing for free, it’s a small number compared to some other WordPress theme designers out there but i’m happy that i’m able to contribute something to the WP community.I waited a little longer before releasing this theme as i wanted my [...]

The things people do once they become a millionaire never ceases to amaze me, and now Matt Mullenweg a.k.a creator of WordPress who recently saw his company Automattic pocket a handsome $50 million from investors has purchased a $1 million Louis Armstrong trumpet from eBay. Next the young entrepenuer plans to buy a $7 million [...]

Darren Rowse of Problogger.net broke a NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement – A statement formally acknowledging that the confidence of information provided in private will be respected) and posted that Google Adsense’s ad units will be less clickable. As demonstrated in the picture above the “clickable area” of the ad unit as been decreased, this means that [...]

NewsPixel is a newspaper styled theme by Nathan Rice, there’s a rise in such theme and it’s no suprise as WordPress is (if it hasn’t already) evolving into a CMS and not just a blogging platform. Some of the main features: Asides Feature Posts on Home Page Tabbed Box for Popular Articles and Recent Comments [...]

Ever since I redesigned this blog there has been readers who have contacted me and ask if this theme was available for download, the truth is i wanted to hold on a little longer from releasing the theme as i wanted to have a unique/custom feel to my blog but the time has come for [...]