Category Archives: WordPress

WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate 3

The third release candidate (RC3) for WordPress 3.0 is now available. This will most likely be the last release candidate before WordPress 3.0 is released at some point next week. So if you are the adventurous kind and would like … Continue reading

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WordCamp Chicago

I’m speaking at WordCamp Chicago this weekend at the Chicago Mart Plaza. My session is titled Beginners Plugin Development and it will be an introduction to writing a WordPress plugin. You can attend my session on Sunday, June 6th at … Continue reading

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How to Tweak the WordPress Generator Meta Tag

WordPress adds a generator meta tag to the head element of every page that includes the version of WordPress you are using. Many people have debated the need for this and recommend removing it especially if you haven’t been upgrading WordPress regularly. A crawler can easily scan this info and look for sites that are running an older version of WordPress with a known exploit. Continue reading

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Enable MultiSite in WordPress 3.0

WordPress 3.0 signals the merge of WordPress and WordPress MU and you can now manage multiple sites in WordPress. In this post, I’ll show you how to enable the Network screen and the MultiSite features in WordPress 3.0. Continue reading

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Upgrading WordPress MU 2.9.2 to WordPress 3.0 (beta) with MultiSite

The main feature of the WordPress 3.0 is the merge of WordPress MU. However, upgrading from WordPress MU to WordPress 3.0 (beta 2) is not an automatic single-click process. In this post, I’ll cover upgrading WordPress MU 2.9.2 to WordPress … Continue reading

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