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WPBeginner has a huge audience, thanks to all your support, but our pockets are limited so we could not give a present to everyone on Christmas. But the nice people at Tassimo sent us a Christmas present and informed us that we can give one… Read More »

Normally as bloggers, you get Christmas presents like digital cameras, external hard drives, cool usb sticks, and other electronic gadgets. But no one really seems to think that as bloggers a lot of us run on Coffee as our fuel. Well, one of our friend Lara Kulpa (@larakulpa) from Tassimo decided to send me the BEST Christmas Present that we have ever received from a company.

Not too long ago, there was a security bug found in WordPress 3.0.1, so the awesome development team released a patch right away WordPress 3.0.2. Well, yesterday they announced yet another security update with the release of WordPress 3.0.3. This release fix issues in the XML-RPC remote publishing interface which under certain circumstances allowed Author- and Contributor-level users to improperly edit, publish or delete posts.

WordPress 3.0.2 is made available today, and it is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions. This maintenance release fixes a moderate security issue where a malicious Author-level user could gain further access to the site.

Those of you who are familiar with American Thanksgiving Tradition, then you have probably heard of a crazy shopping day known as Black Friday. This concept is being adapted by numerous online products as well. We understand that additional WordPress themes, plugins, books, and other… Read More »

Post formats is one of the exciting features that are coming in WordPress 3.1. But most beginners have no idea what are post formats, why should they matter to you, and how you can take advantage of this awesome feature.

Because WordPress is a publishing platform, there are options for content visibility that most beginners overlook. Have you ever thought about creating a blog post that you don’t want everyone to read? Maybe just for family members or close friends? Or maybe just very special… Read More »

Tomorrow, we will be having our first official WPBeginner chat on Twitter. The event is planned for October 27th, 7 PM EST to be exact. We are planning to run the chat for one hour and no more. This is one of our first attempts… Read More »

You probably have seen our graphic comparing Self Hosted WordPress.org vs. Free WordPress.com, in which the Self-Hosted version wins by far in terms of more control, extra plugins, extra themes and much more. Well then what are you waiting for now? Are you ready to make the switch?

Not too long ago, we were talking about WordPress 3.0, but from the looks of the development track, we are on our way to WordPress 3.1. From the scope, it looks like the new version will be out sometime in mid December 2010. There are some very exciting features that will be added, so lets get right on it.