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I just downloaded and installed the new WordPress 2.5 on my test blog and it looks like my plugins are working without any problems. Yeah! That’s enough to give a nice scream and a holler about. I think I need to do a bit more checking on them to make sure before I pronounce them 2.5 compatible, but it looks very promising.

The new backend for WordPress 2.5 sure looks good. It’s a real cosmetic change so I am sure there will be some adjustment time while I figure out where everything goes and look for any bugs, but this really looks like a leap ahead in the right direction.

I have been thinking of putting together a new WordPress plugin. I have category magic and it is doing a good job. There are some some modifications I need to do with it as I have noticed a few things it could do better and more efficiently, but I really want to create a new plugin. I am looking for suggestions for a new and interesting plugin. Is there any WordPress functionality you are looking for? Anything that could be interesting to do? I was thinking about something with tags that are built into the newest WordPress version, but any ideas would be appreciated.

I really like this Copyblogger theme that I am using here. I have been using it on a couple of other sites I have. It’s a very clean theme and it just looks nice. It’s also optimized. That means it looks good for browser and search engines. That’s the good news about it.
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Programming WordPress Plugins is a great opportunity to hone your PHP programming skills and learn a lot about the inner workings of WordPress. It’s a great way to give something back to the community in the form of a usable additions to WordPress functionality. It keeps with the spirit of WordPress and helps WordPress improve itself.

It’s almost like a drug. Once you make one plugin, you start thinking about ways to improve your plugin. You start to think about other plugin ideas, ways to improve the functionality and style of your site.

I have the Category Magic Plugin and I am working on a redesign of the inner functionality of it, doing tests to improve how it does its job. It’s a fun thing. How did I get the idea for it? A friend wanted to display double category posts in the sidebar and felt it should be easy to do. I embarked on the plugin to help him.

Any ideas for new WordPress Plugins?

Ah, the big news is WordPress 2.3. It’s the newest version of WordPress. The WordPress is the engine that runs this and thousands(maybe millions) of other sites on the net and there’s a new version out. Normally, I try to manage a quick upgrade on all of my sites using a shell script I have.
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