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5min videos plugin (preview)

For a long time I wanted to be able to insert 5min.com videos on WordPress-Mu. Since their embedding code is not allowed on WPMU based system I have written a small plugin that will allow it. It will work on regular WP blogs as well. The plugin is still in testing but I will post […]

WordPress-MU 1.3.3 is out

WordPress Mu 1.3.3 is out. Donncha announced: I just released WordPress MU 1.3.3 and it’s now available for download. This is a critical security release based on WordPress 2.3.3 and everyone is encouraged to upgrade. Here is the forum announcement. I also listed the 3 security fixes that were the reason for 1.3.2. If you […]

WordPress-MU 1.3.2 is out

It took about 24 hours from the release of WPMU 1.3.2 RC until the formal version was released. Donncha announced: WordPress MU 1.3.2 was tagged earlier today. This is a major security update that brings together the fixes in WordPress 2.3.2 and a number of critical WordPress MU specific security problems. Details of the fixes […]

WPMU 1.3.2 RC is out

Donncha announced today that WPMU 1.3.2 RC (release candidate) is out: Some highlights: 1. “Whitelisted options” means some of your plugins may break. Se here for more.. 2. Signup control is fixed if you limit signups to blogs only. 3. Uploads via xmlrpc can now be checked via the wp_upload_bits filter. 4. Synced with WP […]

Using WP-Super Cache plugin with WordPress MU

Using the WP-Super Cache plugin with WordPress-MU is very simple. WP Super Cache is a static caching plugin for WordPress. It generates html files that are served directly by Apache without processing comparatively heavy PHP scripts. By using this plugin you will speed up your WordPress blog significantly. Instructions on how to install the plugin […]

WPMU new blog settings plugin

This plugin was updated to work with version 2.6 – see here. In a new forum thread this week a WordPress MU user asked an old question: how to set the default timezone offset for new blogs? The solution proposed was to edit the wp-admin/includes/schema.php file (line 275). This of course should work but it […]

TNX’s PayPal problems

TNX, the text links ads service, is having problems with their PayPal account. TNX uses its PayPal account to receive funds from advertisers and pay webmasters for publishing ads on their web sites. The issues with PayPal was published on the company forum: As for now, payments are sent to publishers using on of the founders […]

Favicon plugin for WordPress-MU

After a little testing it seems that the Favicon Manager WordPress Plugin from Digital Ramble works just fine with WordPress-MU. You are probably familiar with the default favicon that comes with WordPress-MU – . This plugin allows each user to set his own favicon via the Options page.