Monthly Archives: December 2010

WordPress 3.0.4 released

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Paul

WordPress 3.0.4 has been released today and contains an important security update. Everyone is strongly advised to upgrade as soon as possible. More information about the vulnerability can be found at the following links: ~sneak Jon Cave

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PHP Akismet library

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Paul

I’ve recently released a PHP library for Akismet, the comment spam detection service. There’s already a plugin available for WordPress, but the integration is so tight that you can’t easily use it in other PHP projects, and the existing library … Continue reading →

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Twenty character limit on WordPress custom post types

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Paul

456 Berea Street has a new post on the fact that names of WordPress custom post types must be no longer than 20 characters, which may be useful to advanced WordPress users (personally I’ve never needed to use custom post … Continue reading →

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WordPress stuck in maintenance mode

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Paul

Earlier this afternoon, I attempted to upgrade one of my WordPress blogs using the automated option, rather than copying all the files across manually (my usual approach). After about five minutes of inactivity, I assumed the process had completed and … Continue reading →

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