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Google Maps plugin

Here’s a great plugin if you ever need a map on your website. The Google Maps for WordPress plugin lets you easily embed a map into your WordPress blog without having to mess around with code or embeds. All you … Continue reading

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Coping with the load

Are you ready for the big time? What’s the difference you may ask? Well, if your site gets really really popular you may be getting thousands of page hits an hour and unless your server is designed to handle the … Continue reading

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WP Auctions 3.7

photo credit: walknboston There’s a new version of WP Auctions in town, the plugin that turns your WordPress blog into an fully fledged auction site.The new version has some new features, like the ability to customise the automated emails sent … Continue reading

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Speed up your site with WP Super Cache

Here’s a plugin you really need to know about if you have a popular site. It’s called WP Super Cache and is the best way to handle a surge of traffic that could bring your servers to their knees. The … Continue reading

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Using reCAPTCHA to stop spam on your WordPress blog

Image via CrunchBase Akismet does a brilliant job of keeping your blog free from spam, but sometimes, just sometimes you need that little bit more. This is where a service called reCAPTCHA can come in handy. It’s a pretty cool … Continue reading

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WP Hide Dashboard

Image via Wikipedia Do you ever open up your WordPress blog to let your subscribers set up and modify their profile? Well, if you do, you might want to lock down your blog a bit to stop them from wandering … Continue reading

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What should super-plugins be called?

There’s an interesting post on the WordPress blog that talks about canonical plugins, a set of plugins aimed at enhancing WordPress. They are going to be a special class of plugin in that they will have teams working on them … Continue reading

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WordPress Plugin Compatibility

Have you ever upgraded WordPress only to find that your favourite plugin doesn’t work any more? Well, this may be a thing in the past thanks to the Plugin Compatibility enhancements that have just been announced. It’s a new feature … Continue reading

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WordPress Auction Plugin

Ever wanted to auction your stuff, but were worried about the charges eBay levies on you? Well, there’s a brand new release of WP Auctions, the auction plugin for WordPress that lets you sell items right off your blog. The … Continue reading

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WordPress 2.8.1 Beta 2

Looks like there’s been another public drop of WordPress 2.8.1 labelled Beta 2, as more issues with the 2.8 release are quashed. Here are some of the things that have been fixed in this release: Translation of role names fixed … Continue reading

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