WordPress 2.5 comes with a very handy API that plugin authors should love: shortcodes, ie. BBcode-like tags, that are parsed when found in post contents. The API is very easy to use, and well done enough that it's relatively foolproof. Shortcode types The API allows for all the possible combinations and forms you'd think of: […][...] → Read more

One of the most impressive and interesting changes in WP 2.5 is the built-in gallery. A page on the Codex gives some insight on how to use it: Using the Gallery shortcode.[...] → Read more

Cool news: WordPress Custom Admin Branding supports my Admin Drop Down Menu![...] → Read more

Great news: next version of Fluency will support my Admin Drop Down Menu![...] → Read more

Expect some spam going through and comments stay unanswered, I'll be AFK for a little more than a week, skiing in the Alps instead of updating my plugins for 2.5 ;)[...] → Read more

WordPress 2.5 introduces a neat option: per user Admin Color Scheme. This means that each user can select a stylesheet they like best for the whole admin area. Now onto the fun stuff: adding a per-user selectable custom stylesheet for your blog. Concept The new function behind this feature is wp_admin_css_color(), which is used as […][...] → Read more

In a few days, the next blue thing will land: WordPress 2.5 should come to a download link near you. Being a fairly old WordPress user (I've started looking into it when it was version 0.72 and this very blog was first online on version 1.02) I can remember every major release and the new […][...] → Read more

WordPress 2.5, initially due today, has been delayed by a week. There a number of people complaining about this, and I really don't get why. I am personally much happier with a more stable release than with something that ships with bugs because someone pushed the "Go gold!" button too fast. Official release date of […][...] → Read more

WordPress 2.5 basically breaking every plugin that was messing with the admin area, I have a number of plugin to update. My favorite one, Admin Drop Down Menu, is now fully compatible with the next blue thing (aka WP 2.5), but the other ones are still to be updated: A fix for Absolute Comments is […][...] → Read more

With WordPress 2.5 and its completely revamped admin interface coming out, the mother of all the Admin menus needed a lifting. So it got one! Version 2.0 of my popular Admin Drop Down Menu, for WordPress 2.5+ only, has been completely reworked. It now features vertical dropdown menus, which should be easier to click and […][...] → Read more