After using WordPress for a few years you develop a sixth sense for the script so you can usually tell if a website is using WordPress within a few seconds of viewing it. The header, the sidebar, the footer – it all gives it away. Though there are some beautiful websites out there using WordPress and it isn’t always obvious...

WordPress yesterday released the first release candidate of WordPress 3.0. Release candidates are more stable than beta versions and new features which were being tested during the beta stage are usually close to competition. RC1 still isn’t a ‘stable’ release as there may still be some bugs in it. So if you have a...

As you all know, I’m a big fan of plugins and themes which change the way in which WordPress is normally used. Last week I showed you how you can turn WordPress into a fully functional job board. Today I will be showing you how you can create an arcade website using WordPress with some great arcade plugins. WP Arcade WP Arcade is...

A few hours ago Matt Mullenweg announced that today (* well yesterday for us Europeans!) was exactly 7 years after the first release of WordPress. Whilst there were lots of great Content Management Systems before WordPress, it’s WordPress who has set the standard over the last 4 or 5 years. And they really deserve a lot of kudos...

I came across a useful plugin on BlogPerfume yesterday called SlideDeck. The plugin allows you to quickly and easily add a jquery slideshow to your website. Several months ago I was looking into adding a jquery slideshow to the home page of my old blog in order to display my best articles. All of the tutorials which I looked at involved...

WordPress is a fantastic content management script in it’s own right however I’m always keen on seeing new ways to use WordPress. So I have always been intrigued by the themes and plugins available on the web which utilise the WordPress backend to post job listings. In this article I will be looking at 5 of the best job board...