WordCast

Hosts: Beth Skinner and Dave Moyer

Beth and Dave are left alone yet again, resulting in a lot of unrestrained whining. Where have all the good widgets gone?

• Plugin of the Week: ShareThis - Give your users an easy way to share your posts on lots of social networking sites
• Potwuh 2.0: On This Day - Easily add a “today in history” area to your sidebar or blog posts
• WordPress 2.5.1 has an important security fix– make sure you get it!
• A WP 2.5 security bulletin has been reported false according to WP Candy, and Matt Mullenweg has reasons as to why lots of people don’t upgrade
• A WP Candy blogger wants to Save WPDesigner! Please!
• 30+ Things to Change in WP 2.6 via WP Candy

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Kym hosts the show this week… alone? He couldn’t resist, and WordCast nine is now online.

Topics and links from this week’s show:

• Dave Moyer’s blog has a new design
• Andy Staines’ Website
• WordCamp UK
• Lorelle’s WordCamp Gallery
• Matt Mullenweg’s redesign
• Baltic Amber Admin Themes for WordPress 2.5
• WP 2.5 tooltips
• Plugin of the Week: Plugin Central by Vladimir Prelovac - Install plugins incredibly easily

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It’s not what you think! This week’s show is entirely devoted to Twitter, and our strange inside connections produced this little title gem.

Topics and links from this week’s show:

• The official Twitter WordPress account
• Twitter Badges
• Twitterfeed
• Twitter Updater Plugin - Advanced updating features
• Twitter Tools Plugin - All in one tool with fewer updating features
• Twitter in Plain English

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Naked CSS Day is tomorrow, and we’re celebrating accordingly!

Topics and links from this week’s show:

• CSS Naked Day!
• No Update Nag Plugin
• WordPress.com gets 2.5 admin panel
• 14 Days of WordPress plugins
• Plugin of the Week: What Would Seth Godin Do? - New visitor messages based on cookies
• Probama WordPress Theme

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WordPress 2.5 is out, and Dave and Kym have swooned!

Topics and links from this week’s show:

• Plugin of the Week: Instant Upgrade - A much easier way to upgrade your blog
• Woopra - Real time stats, and it’s AWESOME.
• Blogger Protection Act of 2008

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