I emphasized the importance of backing up in my basic security tutorial , but I discovered all of the backup tutorials I found were out of date. So here’s a tutorial on backing up your WordPress database with the terrific WP-DB-Backup plugin
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Backing up your WordPress database with WP-DB-Backup
Having several blogs can be a bit hard to maintain, and micro blogging services like Posterous and Tumblr provide a quicker way to post content to the web. However, WordPress has added features which are similar to Posterous, in the form of posting by email to WordPress.com blogs
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WordPress.com Introduces Import from Posterous
New Plugins NdB Currency This plugin is used to exchange currency values online. Main use is for American weblogs to convert their Dollar amounts into Euro currency values. It’s an easy to install, activate and forget wordpress plugin
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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/28
New Plugins PlaceWidget PlaceWidget for Wordpress simplifies the process of adding a PlaceWidget to your Wordpress blog. You can create and configure your PlaceWidget right in the Wordpress Dashboard, then embed it in your sidebar with a standard Wordpress widget. Category Ancestor Category Ancestor is a plugin that adds a function you can use anywhere in your theme : get_category_ancestor($thecat) to retrieve the highest level parent of any category.
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WordPress Plugin Releases of 01/24
Throughout the course of a year on WeblogToolsCollection.com, there is a ton of information published about WordPress whether it be a link to something cool or a home grown guide covering a specific feature of WordPress.
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Best Of WLTC 2009 Part 1
