Helping Out – A “Related Post-type” Plugin
I had the opportunity to work with a excellent plugin developer this past week. It was not something I set out to do, but when a user of one of my plugins came to me with a problem they were having, it ended up taking a turn in a different direction.
WordPress 2.9.1 Update
WordPress 2.9.1 was released today. This release addresses a handful of minor issues as well as a “rather annoying problem where scheduled posts and pingbacks are not processed correctly due to incompatibilities with some hosts.”
Many of the fixes are cosmetic, so the urgency to upgrade it not as essential as it would be if there were security holes, but it is always a good practice to upgrade sooner than later. WordPress is tested by many developers and users throughout the community before it is released, and although there may be minor bugs here and there, the stable releases are pretty sound. Download 2.9.1 or upgrade automatically from the Tools->Upgrade menu in your blog’s admin area.
Take Out The New Year’s Trash
With the release of WordPress 2.9 comes one of the best additions to the core functionality, the TRASH function. Basically an “un-delete” option, the WordPress Trash function makes it almost impossible to accidentally delete a page, post or comment.
By default, anything ‘thrown’ into the trash will be deleted automatically after 30 days. You can also manually delete anything in the trash by clicking the ‘permanently delete’ link from inside the trash bin, so to speak.
Fortunately, WordPress has add the ability to change the number of days you want to store the trash before automatic deletion. This can be a very good thing for several reasons. (more…)