Did and automatic upgrade to WordPress 3.0 and went without a hitch. Seemed to have upgraded Askimet at the same time. I was also informed the Notes Blog Theme upgrade was available. This had to be initiated desperately for automatic upgrade but went without a hitch too. Do I dare upgrade my MUWP too?
The Guardian’s News Feed plugin for WordPress
Today we are releasing a new tool that will enable you to post Guardian articles directly to your blog. You can add your own commentary to an article and then publish the article in full with only a few restrictions (more on that below).
http://www.guardian.co.uk/open-platform/news-feed-wordpress-plugin
How to Embed RSS Feed Entries in WordPress Posts
Not sure if this embed just one post or not. Makes sense to be able to embed individual posts selectively.
http://wpmu.org/daily-tip-how-to-embed-rss-feed-entries-in-wordpress-posts/
Getting notifications on comments
If you are a public commenter on a WP blog you don’t get any notifications when someone else comments on the same post even though you are generally required to leave an email address. After seeking advice on this from twitter both @nlafferty and @cristinacost told me about the Subscribe to Comments plugin http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/subscribe-to-comments-plugin-now-on-wordpresscom/. I have installed it on a digress.it blog and here and after quick tests on both seems to work OK. Full report later if any problems occur.
WordPress 3
Copied from http://wordpress.org/development/2010/06/thelonious/
“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 developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies. (Twenty Ten theme shows all of that off.) Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements, bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click, and blah blah blah just watch the video.”
Displaying WP post by category in chronological order
To displaying WP post by category in reverse order, click on the category required and add
?orderby=ID&order=ASC
to the end of the resulting URL. E.g. http://terrywassall.org/category/elgg/?orderby=ID&order=ASC
This tip from Viewing WordPress Posts in Chronological Order psoted to the OUseful.Info, the blog…
How to keep your WP database squeaky clean
8 Tips for Keeping a Squeaky Clean WordPress Database Useful post by Sarah Gooding at http://wpmu.org/
“Optimizing your database is a necessary part of WordPress housekeeping. Things can start to pile up in there… post revisions, old spam comments, etc., and your blog can start to get sluggish. We’ve gathered a number of solid tips for getting your database into shape without having to be an expert”.
Need to look at the WP-Optimize plugin mentionned.
