With 37signals welcoming Backpack into the Open Bar last night, I started thinking: embracing OpenID would be the next and smartest step for WordPress to make. Here’s why.

OpenID makes things nice and easy. Granted, it’s scary because still few know about it. But once you do—such as in the case of many 37signals’ customers—you’ll never […]

One of the best and most widely used WordPress Plugins on blogs is the Related Posts Plugin. I can think of plenty of big name sites that use some rendition of it, if not this very plugin (Daily Blog Tips and Problogger, for example). But even more than using this plugin is using it well. […]

When setting up a new website, one of the most important things to consider is how well your site will rank on search engines. Arguably the most influential of these is Google. Having a Sitemap is one of the first things Google instructs a webmaster to do (it’s good practice anyway) and Google Sitemaps Generator […]

This weekend WordPress.org announced t-shirts available at their online store, as well as the fact that they will now allow international purchases.
If you get a chance, run over to the WordPress Shop and see the nice red WordPress t-shirts being proudly displayed. Personally, I think the two wearing it are a little too happy to […]

WordPress comes with an easy to use (and find) RSS feed location. It’s sort of a staple for a blog nowadays, so it isn’t all that commendable that a blogging platform uses it. The only disappointing thing about the default WordPress feed is you can’t really find out much about who is subscribing to your […]