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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://barry.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/mod_auth_mysql-and-phpass/
A patch for mod_auth_mysql to support the new phpass format used in WordPress 2.5+. It's an apache mod.
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http://blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs/
Black Hat Boot Camp have a list of (currently 64,724) WordPress blogs which can be searched or downloaded in plain text format, for free.
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http://blogsecurity.net/wordpress/blogwatch/blogwatch/
A list of vulnerabilities in WordPress versions. Very useful.
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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://buddypress.org/
BuddyPress is a series of plugins which transform a vanilla WordPress MU installation into a social network. It's due for final release around Dec 2008.
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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://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://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://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page
The WordPress development wiki, aka the codex. Documentation, instructions, etc.
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http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Smilies#What_Text_Do_I_Type_to_Make_Smileys.3F
List of smilies (emoticons) supported by WordPress including the icons and the text. :)
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http://crowdfavorite.com/
Crowd Favorite are WordPress plugin and bespoke site developers. They created an Answers.com AnswersTips plugin.
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http://defensio.com/
Defensio is a comment spam prevention service, similar to Akismet. It's from a company based in Montreal.
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http://designdisease.com/contact/
A design company with a speciality in WordPress themes. They designed a custom theme for WordPress.com. Custom designs start from $2'000.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_software#Free.2FLibre.2FOpen-Source_software
A list of free / open source blogging platforms on Wikipedia. Handy. :)
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http://fucoder.com/code/permalink-redirect/
This plugin allows you to redirect permalinks to a new location or from an old permalink structure to a new one.
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http://getshopped.com/
GetShopped is a WordPressMU based ecommerce platform. It's initially free (limited to 200 transactions / month). No prices are available for the upgrades.
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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://haris.tv/2007/04/24/admin-ssl-new-wordpress-plugin/
A WordPress plugin that encrypts the admin interface traffic over SSL to increase site security.
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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://incsub.com/
Incsub are a WordPress MU development company. They manage EduBlogs.com amongst others.
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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://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://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2006/02/13/adventures-with-wp-cache2-apc/
Using APC (Alternative PHP Cache) and WP-Cache2 together causes some issues, the solution is to have APC not cache the wp-cache-config files.
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http://mephistoblog.com/
Mephisto is a blogging platform, competitor to WordPress but on Ruby on Rails.