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http://lightningbase.com/
Hosted WordPress service which includes an affiliate program that pays 20% for the lifetime of the account, plans start from $10/month.
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http://codex.buddypress.org/extending-buddypress/changing-internal-configuration-settings/
Very useful page on configuring buddyPress through the wp-config equivalent bp-custom.php.
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wiki-append/
WordPress plugin that appends a wikipedia (or other mediawiki site) entry to the bottom of a wp post / page. Uses ?action=render on the end of the url to get just the HTML for the article, not the site. Useful as a resource.
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http://lastwatchdog.com/driveby-downloads-lurking-8-million-small-ecommerce/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+LastWatchdog+(The+Last+Watchdog)&utm_content=Google+Reader
Interesting article on the dangers of not keeping software patched, particularly with regards to open source content management systems.
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http://scribeseo.com/
Scribe is an easy to use SEO tool that analyses content (blog posts, etc) and suggests ways to improve it based on SEO best practice. It also provides a keyword research tool that shows search volume for related keywords to the one entered. Useful. Pricey
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/
WordPress plugins that provides many of the features on wordpress.com for wp.org users. Interesting, certainly deepens Automattic's grip on the WordPress ecosystem.
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http://mollom.com/
Spam filtering service with plugins for major blogging / CMS engines. Free account passes up to 100 comments per day, then pro accounts for €30 /month or $3'600 a year.
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http://backpress.org/
The core WordPress / bbPress features broken out into their own (sort of) framework. Interesting if building something resembling WordPress but a little off-piste.
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sexybookmarks/
Nice social bookmarking plugin for WordPress. Creates really slick pop-up icons that are half hidden and jump upwards on mouseover. Very cool. From shareaholic.com (and maybe somebody called Josh Jones).
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http://wpmu.org/scaling-wordpress-wpmu-buddypress-like-edublogs/
Interesting write up by James at Incsub on how they handle scale on edublogs. Some good advice although a little light on specifics, a good starting point for research.
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http://code.google.com/p/yourls/
A host your own url shortening service written by ozh, big into WordPress development. Needs to be installed in its own directory.
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http://hosting.birdhouse.org/
WordPress focused hosting from Scot Birdhouse. He's built and released some tools to manage many wp sites from the shell.
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http://code.trac.wordpress.org/
All sorts of goodies released under the GPL from the folks behind WordPress. Including jobs, stats stuff, mediawiki login integration, wpshell, and lots more.
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http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jquery-colorbox/
An interesting jQuery / Colorbox (aka Thickbox / Lightbox) plugin for WordPress. Integrates with the [gallery] shortcode automatically and has a few themes bundled. Might be bloaty.
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http://www.londonchocolateshops.com/
A funky site listing chocolate shops in London! A nice example of wordpress-geo-mashups in use.
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http://www.ibegin.com/labs/wp-lifestream/
Lifestream plugin for WordPress that gives you a tumblr-esque activity stream aggregated from multiple locations. Slick.
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http://boren.nu/archives/2007/10/01/taxonomy-intersections-and-unions/
Ryan (core WP dev) Boren's post on taxonomy (category & tag) intersections and unions. WordPress has in-built support for complex include / exclude querying.
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http://talkpress.com/
TalkPress VIP is a bbPress forum hosting service from Automattic / WordPress.com. Starts from $1'000/mth plus $1'500 setup. Application process, not all sites accepted, like WordPress.com VIP.
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/22/automattic-lands-massive-295m-for-wordpress-other-products/
TechCrunch on Automattic's raising $29.5 million dollars.
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http://gigaom.com/2008/01/22/wordpresscom-creator-raises-29m/
GigaOm post on Automattic raising $29.5 million dollars of investment.
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http://www.quantcast.com/p-18-mFEk4J448M/traffic/sites
QuantCast stats on the WordPress.com hosted network
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http://www.slatetechpdx.com/
Web development company apparently working in the WPMU space.
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http://scott.yang.id.au/code/toc-generator/
Plugin to automatically generate a table of content (TOC) for WordPress posts / pages.
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http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/secure-form-mailer-plugin-for-wordpress/
WordPress forms plugin, similar to cforms but potentially simpler. Can't find it on WP.org.
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http://www.seobook.com/wordpress-blog-hacking-checklist
Tips on how to both detect WordPress hacks and more importantly, prevent future hacks.