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.

For more regular news, tutorials and tricks, check out our blog about WordPress.

Plugins

What Theme?

Not a WordPress plugin, but a great little tool to find out what theme is used by some blogs you like.

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Themes

Patti

Patti is a modern and elegant One-Page WordPress Theme, perfect for creative people, suitable for any type of business, built for any needs. Every single detail is carefully designed and crafted, in order to create a seamless and wonderful user experience.

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UberStore

UberStore is a stunning responsive theme inspired by modern eCommerce designs in mind. It has a wide range of incredible features and includes $169 worth of goodies… everything you need to take it to the next level and save money doing it.

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News

WordPress 3.9 beta 1 released

A lot of great stuff coming our way in this new version, I’m really looking forward to the widget customizer.

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Over 160,000 WordPress sites exploited by attackers

Attackers are exploiting WordPress pingback—a feature that allows sites to cross-reference blog posts—to launch a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on WordPress websites!

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Tips & Tutorials

Object-Oriented Programming in WordPress: Classes

A great introduction by Tom MacFarlin on Tuts+.

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Find and Install WordPress Plugins through Github

A WordPress plugin that allows you to search and install WordPress plugins through Github.

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About the Author

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Mirko Humbert

Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.