Image Editor
In WordPress 2.9 whenever you upload an image, you can edit it using the edit image option.

The image editor contains several useful functions such as image cropping, image rotation and image flipping. In addition, you can also undo and redo your actions.
Post Trash Can
Wordpress 2.9 provides a very useful feature, called Post Trash Can. We all are very well aware of this feature and we use it for emails. However, you can use this feature for posts and comments from wordpress 2.9.
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The new Trash feature completely replaces the …

Check WordPress ?lugin Compatibility before Upgrading
Now, wordpress users can check if the plugin is compatible with their wordpress version before installing the plugin itself. This feature is in testing (Beta) and has been implemented for several plugins in the wordpress directory.
You can check this for any version of wordpress and the plugin itself. Check the screen capture here:

After the Deadline, Language Checking Software Used by WordPress is Now Open Source
If your blogging platform of choice is WordPress, then you’ve no doubt noticed recent improvements to the way it catches spelling, style, and grammatical errors. That’s thanks to acquisition of After the Deadline, a language checking software package designed for WordPress and TinyMCE.
The plugin’s creator, Raphael Mudge, announced today that he has released the source code for After the Deadline (AtD) under the GNU General Public License. “We

Wordpress 2.8.5 Released!
WordPress 2.8.5: Hardening Release
In the process of making wordpress more secure, one more version of 2.8 series has been released. The major changes are:

A fix for the Trackback Denial-of-Service attack that is currently being seen.
Removal of areas within the code where php code in variables was evaluated.
Switched the file upload functionality to be whitelisted for all users including Admins.
Retiring of the two importers of Tag data from old …

For years, we have used tinyurl.com and other sites to shorten our URL

Delicious, the Yahoo-owned social-bookmarking site, has awoken from its slumber, introducing the use of Twitter to rank the popular bookmarks displayed on its home page.
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