Jetpack 1.3 has been released, and it now ships with the Grunion Contact Forms plugin, the very same forms plugin that’s running (behind the scenes) on WordPress.com. The update fixes a couple of small bugs as well. You should be able to download it from your Dashboard very soon.
WordPress.com now with a REST API!
Tim Moore has recently announced the REST API for WordPress.com, which allows you to access the data available on WordPress.com blogs in many new and fun ways, as well build cool applications on top of the platform, leveraging even the latest “dot com” features, such as likes, follows and reblogs. You’ll absolutely love the Developer Console, which allows you to run real REST...
Custom CSS Now with CSS3 Support on WordPress.com
Who said all WordPress.com blogs have to look the same? Who said you cannot customize your theme unless you’re running self-hosted WordPress? WordPress.com had the Custom Design upgrade for quite some time now, and now it’s suited and booted with CSS3 support: animation, gradients, shadows, transforms and a bunch of other stuff. You can even make your non-responsive theme into a...
WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers!
WordPress 3.4 is ready for beta testers! Flexible header sizes, new XML-RPC API, a bunch of performance improvements, and my personal favorite — The Theme Customizer. Give it a shot, and don’t forget to report any bugs you encounter.
WordPress Weekly Recap, March 23
It’s Friday and it’s time for a WordPress Weekly recap! WordPress.com rolled out four new themes this week, one of which is San Kloud, which is exciting news for Theme.fm, who by the way, launched their new theme store earlier this week as well. Emil Uzelac launched a free theme called Responsive. You don’t see much CMS-type themes in the repository, so this is exciting, and...
Introducing Milestones on WordPress.com
Good news! WordPress.com rolls out a few terrific badges for achievements, which will keep you motivated, and not only to post more often, but to post quality content, because the new badges are for likes and for followers. Here’s a screenshot of how it looks: With all those new features introduced on WordPress.com — likes, reblogs, achievements and badges, I’m really loving the...
WordPress Weekly Recap, March 16
Time for WordPress Weekly Recap! The first WordPress Meetup in Moscow was held ond Monday morning, next one is planned for April. Posterous was acquired by Twitter, users flee to WordPress.com and self-hosted blogs, yey! My brother Gennady crafted a pingback attack which he was able to use to bring my blog down, ouch! Jane’s Jitterbug Bakery was funded with over 200 backers and $17,000...
WordPress Weekly Issue #1
Everybody’s doing roundups, and so am I. WordPress Weekly issue #1! Jane opened a ticket to add meta description to core, Joost de Valk is not happy. Theme Customizer in 3.4 is looking good. Ryan Imel of WPCandy interviews John James Jacoby on BuddyPress, bbPress and social. Theme.fm seems to be back, with a post about some plugins essential for your WordPress themes. There’s a bunch...