Developing a WordPress plugin is hard work, and by the time you’re done, the little details can sometimes be overlooked, like the appearance of the plugin’s icon in the Dashboard. I have used plenty of plugins in my time, and quite a few had pixelated icons or icons that just didn’t seem to look right overall. By the way, have you noticed that the default Dashboard icons are not colored until you hover or click on them? Yeah, now try to ignore the few plugins you have installed with constantly colored icons.
To help new developers with their plugin icons, Matthias Kretschmann has created a handy template for WordPress admin icons with tons of tips. Now, no more excuses, get some good looking icons into your next plugin update.
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Since its launch well over a year ago, WP-Snippets has quickly grown into the most popular one-stop-shop for useful WordPress code snippets.
WP-Snippets has finally received a major upgrade, making it even easier for you to find the code you’re looking for. The various snippets have now been broken up into categories, and more words can be filtered to narrow down the choices to just the snippet you need. If you find one that you’re particularly fond of, you can now favorite a snippet to leave it on the front page when you come back to the site. Speaking of the site, it now has a fully responsive design, so it looks great on your mobile phone when gathering snippets on the go.
If you’re a fan of WordPress and have a few snippets to share on WP-Snippets, there is also a new contribute page to satisfy your urge to share your […]
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A zero day vulnerability has been found in TimThumb, a popular image resizing script used by several WordPress themes. The person who discovered the vulnerability has issued a fix and instructions to detect any lingering hacks.
As described on the VaultPress blog, “The vulnerability allows third parties to upload and execute arbitrary PHP code in the TimThumb cache directory. Once the PHP code has been uploaded and executed, your site can be compromised however the attacker likes.”
The folks at Sucuri have constructed a great list of just a few affected WordPress themes, just to give you idea of how many themes use TimThumb.
If your theme uses TimThumb, contact your theme author for an update immediately, or download the latest version if it has already been updated. If your theme author is not willing to offer an update, it’s probably time for a new theme, but you can also get the latest […]
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WordPress for iOS 2.8 has been released and is a rather significant update.
A new Quick Photo feature, soon to be the favorite of mobile photo bloggers everywhere, allows you to go from camera to post in one easy step.
WordPress.com and Jetpack stats have finally be added to the app.
The app has now been fully translated into ten languages.
Over 75% of reported crashes have been fixed.
If you have struggled with the iOS app lately, it’s definitely time to update. What do you think of the new release?
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WordPress is incredibly popular, and there are a few Android apps out there written specifically for WordPress, but certainly not as many as the there are for iOS.
WordPress for Android – Of course, you have to start off the list with this app, the official WordPress app from Automattic. “WordPress for Android is an Open Source app that empowers you to write new posts, edit content, and manage comments with built-in notifications.” Requires a self-hosted WordPress or a WordPress.com blog. (Android Market)
WP Stats – “Wp Stats is an app for your Android device that helps you to access your WordPress traffic stats collected by the WordPress.com Stats plugin. It is much faster way of reading all important data about your traffic blog than opening it in a web browser.” Requires the WordPress.com Stats plugin or a WordPress.com blog. (Android Market)
As you can see, this list is rather short. I’ve been […]
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WordPress is incredibly popular, so it’s no surprise that there are a few iOS apps out there written either specifically for WordPress or to at least integrate with WordPress.
WordPress for iOS – Of course, you have to start off the list with this app, the official WordPress app from Automattic. “With WordPress for iOS, you can moderate comments, create or edit posts and pages, and add images or videos with ease.” Requires a self-hosted WordPress or WordPress.com blog. (iTunes)
Express for WordPress – “Express is an iPhone app built to quickly and effortlessly publish images/links/notes and short posts, on the go, to your WooThemes powered WordPress website.” Requires either a tumblog theme from WooThemes or the WooTumblog plugin. (iTunes)
PhotoSmash – “PhotoSmash makes sharing images on your WordPress blog a snap! Don’t wait until you get back home to post your images.” Requires the PhotoSmash Galleries plugin. (iTunes)
Polldaddy – “Take the pulse of […]
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The talented team behind the WordPress for iOS app has released “the most stable release of WordPress for iOS in a long time.”
This version cures numerous bugs and has been tested especially carefully in two areas: Media Uploader and Post Write/Edit.
The team is already hard at work on 2.6.5, so don’t be a stranger to the support forums if you find any problems.
Do you use the WordPress for iOS mobile app? Do you think this release was an improvement over the last?
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For those developers out there who would like a quick and easy way to reference Template tags in WordPress, you now have another choice. This reference guide was created by DBS Website which is a web design company based in Louisville, Kentucky. There are two versions of the guide. One for WordPress 2.x and another for the 3.0 branch. The guide is set up so that the quick links to various tags show up on the left while information regarding the tag shows up within the center of the page.
When you click on a tag, a drop down appears showing information related to the tag as well as a short description. The guide itself does not contain any information that you couldn’t find by browsing the Codex but simply presents an organized look at the various Template tags WordPress has to offer. There are a number of other […]
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The WordPress mobile app for Nokia has been released and is now live on the Ovi Store.
Currently the app’s listing mentions that it only supports the N97 Mini and X6, but the development team is working on getting the app approved for “Symbian3 devices such as N8, C6, C7 and more.”
The Nokia app joins the ranks of the other popular WordPress mobile apps for Android, Blackberry, and iOS.
Do you use an N97 Mini and X6, and will you be installing the new mobile app?
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If you’re a WordPress.com user, you may have noticed that your stats received a significant facelift today. The Flash-powered line chart has been replaced by an interactive Javascript-powered bar chart and the module layout is now fully customizable.
The new design was a team effort, though some credit should definitely go to Nick Momrik for handling the new chart and a good majority of the extra work, Joen Asmussen for the overall design, and Matt Thomas for keeping everyone on track.
Currently, the new stats interface is only for WordPress.com users, but the WordPress.com Stats Plugin for self-installed WordPress blogs will be updated once they have all the kinks worked out.
Unfortunately, my WordPress.com blog is private, so I really don’t have enough stats to truly test the new interface. What do you think of the new WordPress.com Stats interface?
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