Direct plugin auto-update on WordPress 2.8

I get a lot of traffic on the site due to my post on getting direct (non-FTP) updates to work on WordPress 2.5.  This method worked up until 2.7.x.  With 2.8 out this week, I found during my svn switch a conflict was created due to a code change in file.php.  Looking at the changes, …

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WordPress for iPhone

I noticed that the WordPress for iPhone native blogging app appeared in the iTunes store last night. This is me giving it a try. I don’t think i’ll bang out long posts this way, but you might see lots of smallish stuff since it’ll be so easy to add. Especially some on the fly photo …

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Small fix for WordPress XML-RPC

I had the idea that I might photo blog more if there was an easy way to get photos off my iPhone and into a blog post.  The easiest way would be to e-mail the photo someplace for WordPress to get it.  Unfortunately, most of the e-mail to blog post plugins (and the built-in stuff) …

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Great syntax highlighting plugin for WordPress

At times, I think I spend more time writing about using wordpress than actually using it sometimes. I’ll need to fix that. Today, thanks to WordPress’s dashboard, I came across the WP-Codebox plugin. THanks to GeSHI, it can color up a lot of languages and fixes some problems I’ve had with other plugins. Honestly, I’ve …

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Fix/Tricks for plugin auto-update on WordPress 2.5

[READ THIS FIRST!!!  Update 6/13/2009: If you've come here looking to get plugin updates to work and you're using WordPress 2.8, you really want to start with this more recent post on the topic and then come back for the permission information.] One of the neat features of WordPress 2.5 is the click to install …

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