Archive for the 'Wordpress MU' Category

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 haven’t upgraded [...]

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 will be [...]

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 2.3.2 and lots of minor [...]

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 can be [...]

WPMU new blog settings plugin

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 involves in changing wpmu core files, an option I think is not [...]

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.

WordPress-MU 1.3 is out

Donncha posted that the new 1.3 version of WordPress-MU is out.

There is also a thread on the support forum:
This is a sync of WordPress 2.3.1 which includes native tagging support as well as many bug and security fixes.
WordPress MU specific features include:
1. Better admin controls for the signup page. It can be disabled in various [...]

GRavatar plugin for WordPress and WordPress-MU

The GRavatar plugin works out of the mu-plugins directory and allows each blog user to enable it on his\her blog via the backend (under the presentation menu) we don’t want to force things on our users, do we?

There are reports that the GRavatar service slows down page loads so we will be adding a caching [...]