Plugin Directory Refreshed

by Matt Mullenweg
19 May 2012 at 2:56pm
Been hanging out with a few WordPress.org hackers — Scott, Nacin, and Otto — the last few days in a BBQ-fueled haze of hacking to make plugin directory better. There are over 19,000 plugins listed and they’re really the heart and soul of WordPress for many people, so they deserve a little tender ...

Calling All Contributors: Community Summit 2012

by Jane Wells
15 May 2012 at 6:36pm
Each year, the WordPress core development team meets in person for a week to work together and discuss the vision for WordPress in the coming year. As annual events go, it’s easily my favorite. Don’t get me wrong, I love attending WordCamps and local WordPress meetups (which are awesome and you s...

WordPress 3.4 Beta 4

by Ryan Boren
2 May 2012 at 10:52pm
Less bugs, more polish, the same beta disclaimers. Download, test, report bugs. Thanks much. /ryan #thewholebrevitything

WordPress 3.3.2 (and WordPress 3.4 Beta 3)

by Andrew Nacin
20 Apr 2012 at 11:10am
WordPress 3.3.2 is available now and is a security update for all previous versions. Three external libraries included in WordPress received security updates: Plupload (version 1.5.4), which WordPress uses for uploading media. SWFUpload, which WordPress previously used for uploading media, and ma...

WordPress 3.4 Beta 2

by Jane Wells
11 Apr 2012 at 11:52pm
Howdy, folks! Another week, another beta. Since we released Beta 1 last week, we’ve committed more than 60 bug fixes and feature adjustments based on testing and feedback. If you’ve been testing Beta 1, please update to Beta 2 to make sure things are still working for you. If you are a theme or p...

WordPress 3.4 Beta 1

by Jane Wells
4 Apr 2012 at 10:07pm
WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! As always, this is software still in development and we don?t recommend that you run it on a production site ? set up a test site just to play with the new version. If you break it (find a bug), please report it, and if you?re a developer, try to [...]

WordPress Takes SXSW 2012!

by Jane Wells
6 Mar 2012 at 11:19am
The South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) holds a special place in the history and heart of WordPress. Though the conference has changed in the years since I first met Matt in the hallway in 2003 — before WordPress even had a name — it’s still arguably one of the most influential events ...

Year of the Meetup

by Jane Wells
27 Jan 2012 at 3:17pm
We hereby declare 2012 as the Year of the WordPress Meetup. You'll want to get in on this action. So what is a WordPress Meetup? Basically, it's people in a community getting together — meeting up — who share an interest in WordPress, whether they be bloggers, business users, developers, consulta...

Internet Blackout Day on January 18

by Jane Wells
17 Jan 2012 at 6:18pm
WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago, if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of co...

Help Stop SOPA/PIPA

by Jane Wells
10 Jan 2012 at 2:18pm
You are an agent of change. Has anyone ever told you that? Well, I just did, and I meant it. Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project — having users from all over the globe that span the political spectrum is evidence that we are doing our job and [...]