WordPress by itself is very simple — what makes it compelling for most of its users is the wide array of plugins (and themes) available for WP. The average WordPress blog has about 5 plugins installed! Today we just passed 4,000 plugins available in our plugin directory. (Which is also embedded into everyone’s WordPress 2.7 or above.)
I declare January 28th our official “Thank a Plugin Developer” day. To celebrate take a look at the plugins you use and love, visit the author’s site, find their contact form, and drop them a note thanking them. (Or Paypal!) Look for the links in the plugin directory to “author homepage” and also to donate directly if they’ve specified a Paypal address.
Thank you to everyone who has ever written a plugin for WordPress, and here’s to the next four thousand. 
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Time to Thank WordPress Plugin Developers…
Everybody who is using WordPress is also using at least one plugin.(Must be Akismet I guess as it comes pre-installed with WordPress).Matt says that a WordPress blog has about 5 plugins installed on average.Needless to say it’s plugins which gr….
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WordPress Plugin Developer Day…
Matt has announced today (28th January 2009, 29th in my timezone) to be WordPress Plugin Developer Day.
WordPress by itself is very simple - what makes it compelling for most of its users is the wide array of plugins (and themes) available for WP. The…
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Thank a Plugin Developer Day…
Matt declares January 28th the official “Thank a Plugin Developer” day. Visit your favourite plugin developer and drop a love note. I’m visiting Ozh.
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Thanking developers around the community…
I am sure that you know but Tweaked for your Pleasure uses a blogging system called WordPress that allows this blog to easily be updated. After reading this blog post at WordPress Development (click here) that I learnt something myself.
I learnt that i…
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