A nifty new plugin has just been released for WordPress.  It’s tiny, requires no configuration, and does it’s work behind the scenes.  The plugin is called PuSHPress, and it helps get your content out there much more quickly.

The past, Google would check your site periodically and then post your new content to Google Reader (and other places) after it was discovered.  Last year, a new protocol called PubSubHubbub was introduced, as a way to speed up that process.  In short, it gave you an easy way to tell Google (and others) when you had new posts ready for them, rather than waiting for them to find you.  Here’s how it works:

This new WordPress plugin is a simple way to enable PubSubHubbub on your blog.  No tweaking, no setup.  Just install and activate the plugin and you’re done!

For more, check out the full article on 10e20.

If you have a WordPress blog, install the PuSHPress plugin right now is a post from: MickMel

WordPress 2.8.5 has just been released and (as always) you’re advised to upgrade immediately.  I couldn’t find a list of files that were changes between 2.8.4 –> 2.8.5, so I spent some time and figured it out.  I hope this is helpful for you:

List of changed files in WordPress 2.8.5 (download 2.8.5 here)

readme.html
wp-app.php
wp-trackback.php
xmlrpc.php
wp-admin/edit-attachment-rows.php
wp-admin/install.php
wp-admin/page.php
wp-admin/post.php
wp-admin/import/wordpress.php
wp-admin/includes/post.php
wp-admin/includes/update-core.php
wp-includes/author-template.php
wp-includes/bookmark-template.php
wp-includes/capabilities.php
wp-includes/category-template.php
wp-includes/classes.php
wp-includes/comment-template.php
wp-includes/formatting.php
wp-includes/general-template.php
wp-includes/media.php
wp-includes/post-template.php
wp-includes/rewrite.php
wp-includes/theme.php
wp-includes/version.php

List of changed files in WordPress 2.8.5 is a post from: MickMel

The first (only?) release candidate for WordPress 2.8 is out, and it was another very smooth update.

Hopefully they can get the final version released within the next few weeks.

Download it yourself, read the release announcement, or see a list of changes since beta 2.

Now running WordPress 2.8 RC1 is a post from: MickMel

The second beta release of WordPress 2.8 has been released, and we’re now running it live on this blog.

Nothing huge to announce in this release.  You can read about the changes since beta 1, or download beta 2 for yourself.

For what it’s worth, it was another silky-smooth upgrade and things seem to be running well!

Now running WordPress 2.8 beta 2 is a post from: MickMel

The latest beta version of WordPress has just been released, so we figured we’d give a shot in a live environment.  No major changes, but a whole bunch of small ones.  You can check out the full list here.

The upgrade went very quickly and very smoothly, and things seem to be running well.

If you notice any problems with the site, please let me know.  Thanks!

Now running WordPress 2.8 beta 1 is a post from: MickMel

As per the official WordPress for iPhone blog, version 1.2 of their app is now available.

Comment moderation, landscape mode, page creation and editing and much more!

Get it here.

WordPress iPhone app 1.2 now available is a post from: MickMel

It’s not a critcal update, but it fixes a whole bunch of small bugs.  Go get it!

The length of time since the 2.7 release shows just how solid it really was.  Now all of you that like to “wait for the first update so they get the bugs out”, your time is up.

WordPress 2.7.1 released is a post from: MickMel

They haven’t officially announced it in their blog, but WordPress 2.7 is finally here!  Their main download page is promoting it and you can get it here.

I’ve been running the beta versions on a few new blogs and I’ve been very pleased with it.  Now comes time to update my older blogs.  The update itself should be easy, but there will be some theme modification necessary to take advantage of some of the new features like threaded comments.

WordPress 2.7 is out! is a post from: MickMel

I’ve been running the last few beta versions of WP 2.7 on some of my blogs, and I’ve been quite pleased with it.  Now they’ve just posted Release Candidate 1 (download it), which is sure to be even more stable.  I’m assuming they’ll have the updated icons in it as well.

I won’t have a chance to play with it for a few hours, but I’m looking forward to it!

WordPress 2.7 RC1 now available is a post from: MickMel

WordPress version 2.6.5 has just been released, and addresses a fairly major (but rare) vulnerability, along with a few other minor bug fixes.

There was no 2.6.4 released — there was a fake 2.6.4 out there, so the WP team decided to name this one 2.6.5 to avoid confusion.  If you’re already on 2.6.3, there are only three files you’ll need to update:

• wp-includes/post.php
• wp-includes/version.php
• wp-includes/feed.php
• xmlrpc.php
• wp-admin/users.php

I just upgraded a handful of sites (including this one) and there’s nothing to it.  While it’s unlikely you’ll be affected by this vulnerability, you’d be foolish not to spend a few minutes upgrading.  2.6.5 can be downloaded here.

WordPress 2.6.5 released; simple upgrade, but do it now is a post from: MickMel