29 July 2010, 2:38 pm
After nearly 11 million downloads of WordPress 3.0 in just 42 days, we’re releasing WordPress 3.0.1. The requisite haiku: Three dot oh dot one Bug fixes to make you smile Update your WordPress This maintenance release addresses about 50 minor issues. The testing many of you contributed prior t... Read More »
23 July 2010, 12:01 pm
Our approach with WordPress has always been to make it run on common server configurations. We want users to have flexibility when choosing a host for their precious content. Because of this strategy, WordPress runs pretty much anywhere. Web hosting platforms, however, change over time, and we occas... Read More »
2 July 2010, 10:48 am
WordPress 3.0 Thelonious passed 3 million downloads yesterday, and today the plugin directory followed suit with a milestone of its own: 100 million downloads. The WordPress community’s growth over the years has been tremendous, and we want to reinvest in it. So we’re taking the next two... Read More »
29 June 2010, 10:19 am
It’s been summer for about a week now. Whether you’re on vacation or burning the midnight oil, attending a local/nearby WordCamp is a great way to spend a weekend. Meet other WordPress users, developers, designers & consultants, learn a little something, maybe share a little of your own ... Read More »
17 June 2010, 9:26 am
Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme ... Read More »
11 June 2010, 1:49 pm
A weekend present, in haiku: Last call; final bugs Itch, scratch, contort; calmly wait For now: RC3 That’s right. What will hopefully be the final release candidate, RC3, is now available for download and testing. Plugin developers: test your plugins!... Read More »
9 June 2010, 9:06 am
When I was a kid my dad used to practice his typing skills (on a real typewriter no less) with the phrase: Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. For some reason that has stuck with me all these years. Today I’m going to rephrase and re-purpose that line: Now is the ... Read More »
27 May 2010, 7:35 pm
As Matt teased earlier, the first release candidate (RC1) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. What’s an RC? An RC comes after beta and before the final launch. It means we think we’ve got everything done: all features finished, all bugs squashed, and all potential issues addressed. But, ... Read More »
27 May 2010, 4:04 pm
Has it really been seven years since the first release of WordPress? It seems like just yesterday we were fresh to the world, a new entrant to a market everyone said was already saturated. (As a side note, if the common perception is that a market is finished and that everything interesting has bee... Read More »
6 May 2010, 2:05 pm
Following the successful post-WordCamp San Francisco code sprint, we are now ready to release the second beta of WordPress 3.0. Things to test: Revised menu user interface Changes to the WordPress exporter and importer to make it more flexible Already have a test install that you want to switch ov... Read More »
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