Tag Archives : WordPress

Yahoo’s Tumblr Purchase Resulted in 72,000 Blogs Shifting To WordPress From Tumblr

Yahoo’s Tumblr Purchase Resulted in 72,000 Blogs Shifting To WordPress From Tumblr

Tumblr is famously known for animated gifs and nsfw posts, since Yahoo’s acquisition rumours started last week, analysts have been predicting user discontent and crackdown on nasty posts.  Even before the news became official on Monday, 72,000 users migrated from Tumblr to WordPress according to WordPress’s founder Matt Mullenweg’s blog post. Here’s his post: It now looks pretty certain [...]
WordPress Update Contains A Dangerous Vulnerability

WordPress Update Contains A Dangerous Vulnerability

As you all know, WordPress has just released the new 2.8.3 update. While boosting its capabilities, the update also weakens WordPress’s security with a dangerous vulnerability. And this is not just something to play with. Blog owners can literally be locked out of their administrator accounts. Hackers will use the online password reset function to reset the admin password, leaving the blog owner [...]
WordPress 2.8 Beta

WordPress 2.8 Beta

Sporkings have been trialling WordPress 2.8 beta recently and we have to say we Love it! One of the best things to come out of this release is the editor for themes and plugins, see screenshot, this is what an editor should look like! 2.8 when officially released offers a plethora of new features: User Features New Theme Installer routines Use “Custom Header” for menu text and revise [...]
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