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Fake Traffic Blaster is a WordPress plugin by hishaman and mosam that protects WordPress from fake traffic by redirecting suspicious visitors away from your blog. The authors say: “Fake traffic is simply a simulation, it is ...

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XM-Backup a WordPress plugin by Xavier Media will do a backup of your WordPress database and, or your files in wp-content/uploads and saves it somewhere safe. You can have the backup saved in your Dropbox ...

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Easy CC License is a WordPress plugin by MakerBlock that creates a WordPress shortcode for adding Creative Commons license information to your posts. All you have to do is use the shortcode [ezcc] in any ...

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Word Highlighter is a WordPress plugin by Sandeep Kumar that allows you to highlight important word(s) on your posts or pages. Ability to make it bold, italic, underline , change background color, foreground color for ...

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Wikipedia API search and display Widget a WordPresws plugin by pgogy is a basic WordPress Widget plugin to display Wikipedia content related to the category of the current post. The authors says: This plugin is very ...

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Verve Mobile plugin by oelmoney automatically detects the user’s device and loads a compatible WordPress mobile theme. Features: Automatic detection of mobile devices Easy monetize your mobile site automatically as part of Verve’s network Advanced mobile statistics including unique ...

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Styled Facebook Like Box is a WordPress plugin by Eduardo Russo that displays a Facebook Like Box with options for border color, backgound color and a field to ajust the div via custom css styles ...

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Ada WPMS Sitewide Feed is a WordPress plugin that creates four rss 2.0 feeds showing recent posts, comments, pages, and one combined [posts and pages] from all blogs. Works both on WPMS, and WPMU. This plugin ...

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Meeting Scheduler by vCita is a WordPress plugin by vCita.com that allows website visitors to choose how they want to meet you: face to face meeting, scheduled phone conversation or a advanced online video chat. vCita ...

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Vulnero by akandels transforms WordPress into an object-oriented CMS by implementing a Zend Framework application that interfaces with its API. Vulnero does more than just provide an include to the Zend Framework components. It bootstraps Zend ...

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There has been a lot of talk lately about using starter themes to build your own unique WordPress themes, especially now that the new _s starter theme is available, but many are asking just how to get started in the first place. Fortunately, the same folks behind _s have released a quick starter guide for their starter theme. At its most basic, pretend that you’re building your theme just like you would a new house, but in this case you’re hiring someone else to lay the foundation for you. Without a good solid foundation, it doesn’t matter how well you construct the frame or paint the walls, that house will fall down eventually. This is exactly what a good starter theme is, it’s the foundation, with just about everything you need to start a good theme. When starting with a starting theme, the first thing you’ll need to do is [...]

Black Lines is a very simple WordPress theme with two columns with black and white design. Gray Storm is a theme with a Flash header. Let’s Roll is a white theme for gambling blog owners. Light Blue Flowers is a simple theme with two columns and a light blue design. MxS2 is a theme in black and white. Orange and Black is a modern theme with a decent orange and black design. Rumput Hijau is a clean theme with microformats structure, breadcrumbs, and 2 different layouts. True is minimal, simple, crisp, clean, bright, friendly, and professional.

New plugins Dynamic Registration Links automatically changes your content links for unregistered users by dynamically changing the link target. Updated plugins BackWPup allows you to backup your WordPress database, files, and more. FoxyPress is a custom plugin made to integrate FoxyCart e-commerce functionality into your WordPress website. Simple Facebook Connect is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Facebook functionality you like to a WordPress blog. Slick Social Share Buttons allows you to add Facebook, Twitter, Google +1, Digg, Google Buzz, Linkedin, and Stumbledupon social media buttons in a floating or slide out tab. WP Social Blogroll adds a social blogroll to your blog. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application-style theme, complete with ajax loading articles and effects, when viewed from an iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Opera Mini, Palm Pre, Samsung touch and BlackBerry Storm/Torch mobile devices.

AzSimple is a clean and simple wordpress theme without many graphic effects, shadows or gradients, but yet beautiful. Ever is a mix of textures and color tones that easily lends itself to professional or business blogs or websites. JGD BizElite is ideal for a small business websites or blogs and is packed with options. _s is a complete starter theme designed to be used as a template for your next great theme, or as described a “1,000 hour head start.”

There are many folks out there who would love to make their own WordPress theme, but it’s often hard to get started without a reliable template. Sure, you could grab the Toolbox theme, but it’s a bit out of date, so it wouldn’t be the best platform to get started on. This brings us to the new _s starter theme from the Automattic Theme Team. _s is a complete starter theme, it’s free, open source, and ready to be used by you today. Unlike Toolbox, _s is not designed to just serve as a parent theme for a mere child theme, it is really designed to be used as a template for your next great theme, or as described a “1,000 hour head start.” _s will always be in flux, upgrading and adapting to the latest web technologies, so that you’ll always have the tools you need when you’re ready to start your [...]

New plugins Expire User Passwords forces users to change their passwords every 30 days. Updated plugins Benchmark Email Lite creates a newsletter signup form widget. BuddyPress lets users register on your site and start creating profiles, posting messages, making connections, creating and interacting in groups and much more. It’s a social network in a box. Share Buttons helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, StumbleUpon, Digg and many more.

BuddyPress, the number one social media platform for WordPress, has received a minor update with version 1.5.4. This is primarily a bug fix release and “will prevent your members from inviting friends to groups they are already members of.” To learn more about this release, head over to the shiny new BuddyPress Codex for the release notes.

Esquire is an elegant and bold theme featuring multiple, visually distinct, post formats. Youth is bright, engaging and fun – perfect for any blogs or websites dealing with family, children, activities, and anything else you can think of.

New plugins Compact Taxonomy Checkboxes allows you to collapse and reduce the height of hierarchical category and taxonomy panels in the WordPress admin. Google Places is designed specifically for Business owners to help optimize their business listing on Google Search, Places, and Earth. Makeuptor allows you to add theme decorations, social network icons or various labels and tags in just two clicks. Shortcode Press allows you to easily insert message boxes, buttons, videos, and highlighted text into your WordPress posts and pages. Token Manager allows web developers to program PHP, HTML, CSS and JavaScript into tokens that can be used throughout WordPress. Updated plugins WP Marketplace is all you need to build your own marketplace. WP Stripe provides a payment form and recent donor widget by utilizing Stripe.com, an alternative to PayPal.

After being in the planning stage for a few months, the first ever WP on Tour was a huge success. The goal of WP on Tour was to bring WordPress fans from around the world for a solid week of fun and co-working, and this first WP on Tour brought ten WordPress fans and developers to Sitges, Spain. The crew worked together on a few client and personal projects, and some of the biggest releases of the week were major updates to WP Stripe and YouTube DJ. As for the fun aspect, they were kind enough to snap several photos throughout the week. Does this look like fun to you? If so, you might want to host a WP on Tour event in your home town.

Aqua is a crisp, clean, and bright theme with small touches of aqua as an accent. Gridly is a clean, minimal, and responsive theme with a simple options panel.

WPCandy Quarterly, a WordPress related quarterly print magazine from the folks at WPCandy, is just about to be mailed out to the lucky readers who either pre-ordered or subscribed. To my knowledge, or at least about half an hour of searching, this may very well be the first ever printed WordPress magazine publication. The first issue will feature articles from 11 well-known contributors, and due to demand from the pre-orders, 2,000 copies are making their way through the printers as you read this. A lot of thought went into the design of this magazine, and you can see a video blazing through the various drafts below. It’s not too late to reserve your copy, so if you want to be a part of this historical launch, you should place your order soon before they’re shipped.

New plugins Google AdSense and Google Analytics Remover will prevent AdSense ads and Analytics tracking code from displaying when you are logged in. Updated plugins Custom Field Suite allows you to visually manage custom fields. Fast Secure Contact Form lets your visitors send you a quick e-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent.

If you’re a fan of WordPress, you probably know about the WordPress Codex, the massive community-editable source of WordPress documentation. Just yesterday, the BuddyPress core team gave a massive update to the BuddyPress Codex, making it easier than ever to learn how to use the #1 social networking platform plugin for WordPress. Even though the new BuddyPress Codex may function like a traditional Wiki, it’s actually built on top of WordPress and BuddyPress. After all, why not show off some of the cool things you can do with a platform while you learn how to use it?

Blush is a soft, warm, feminine theme in tones of rose and cream. Boozurk is a clear theme with a lot of features. The Frances Wright is a clean and elegant theme.