WordPress has become a tool used by millions of designers for much more than creating blogs. Each week we take a look at what’s new with WordPress.
Plugins
BracketPress
Run and score a tournament bracket pool. Download it free.
WPeddit
Create your Reddit clone using WordPress. Buy it on CodeCanyon.
Themes
BT extended
A responsive four column fluid layout theme. Enabled with flickr support, pagenavi support, custom field options, flash clock, related posts and recent comments are built into the theme (requires NO plugin), as well as a nifty and new CSS/JS date display in the header section. Download it for free.
News
WordPress.com release their theme development guidelines
An excellent resource for anyone who creates WordPress themes. Read the post on WordPress.com developer resources.
An Interview With Jason Schuller, Creator of Press75
If you are curious about selling themes and the creating a theme marketplace, check out this post.
Tutorials & Snippets
How to Add Menu Descriptions in Your WordPress Themes
Adding menus to WordPress is great, adding menus with menu descriptions is even better. Here is how to do it.
Understanding MySQL in WordPress
While many developers excel with PHP and the WordPress functions, there is a common lack of knowledge about the WordPress database. This article takes a look at MySQL in WordPress.