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Ok so maybe it won’t change our lives, but it just might change the way we use our WordPress powered Web sites.

Yesterday was supposed to be the release date of WordPress 2.5. But I went to sleep without any news of WordPress 2.5 being released*. I woke up this morning and guess what I found? Yep. The WordPress 2.5 Release Candidate 1. Although they didn’t actually release the full version, I’m glad they did release at least something.

“A customizable dashboard, multi-file upload, built-in galleries, one-click plugin upgrades, tag management, built-in Gravatars, full text feeds, and faster load times sound interesting? Then WordPress 2.5 might be the release for you,” says Matt Mullenweg in his 2.5 Sneak Peak post on the WordPress development blog.

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If you haven’t already, in some point in your WordPress-coding/designing life, you’re going to come across a WordPress bug or something you just don’t know how to fix or get working. So what do you do? If you’re like me, you’ll first ask your coding buddies, then hit up Google to see what you can find, then maybe head over to the WordPress Codex, if all else fails. Here are some alternatives to getting WordPress help so you don’t have to bother your coding buddies.

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There are tons of people using WordPress. And I mean tons. Just alone this month, over 8,811 WordPress.com users have signed up and over 8,648 WordPress.com blogs have been created. That’s not even counting self-hosted WordPress blogs/sites!

The majority of people using WordPress, are using it as a blog, but there are also a lot of other sites using WordPress for marketplaces, galleries, portfolios, and even contest systems.

Among the tons of WordPress powered sites, there are quite a few “big boys” who also use WordPress.

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You’d be surprised at the demand for WordPress coders and designers these days. Whether it be premium themes, public themes, plugins, or just code/design touch-ups, people are looking for other people to fill all these types positions. But the question is, where to look for these kinds of jobs?

In this post, I’ve listed some of the best sites where Freelancers can look for WordPress-related jobs.

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Automattic has just released the WordPress Publisher Blog, a new blog “aimed at helping publishers get the most out of WordPress.” Various members of the Automattic team will be covering “features that are often overlooked”, “highlight plugins that extend WordPress functionality”, and “showcase interesting sites being built with WordPress.”

Well, what’s Automattic? Automattic is “a startup from a handful of people passionate about making the web a better place.” They’re a bunch of cool peeps who’ve worked on projects such as WordPress, bbPress, Askimet, Gravatar, and some sweet plugins.

There’s not much going on over at the blog yet, but if there are any interesting articles published over there, I’ll make sure to let you all know!

According to WordPress.org, to protect their trademark they ask that if you are going to create a WordPress related site not to use “WordPress” in the domain you choose.

What’s the meaning behind this? Are sites that use WordPress in their name at risk? Is WPCandy at risk?

Although they are not lawyers, WordPress still insists that they must make it clear, “so that we protect our trademark.”

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The Crunchies 2007, TechCrunch’s “first annual competition and award ceremony to recognize and celebrate the most compelling startups, internet and technology innovations of the year”, is currently on part 2 of 3. In part 2, readers are invited to vote for the nomination finalists, which were selected in part 1. Among the 20 categories, over 95,000 votes have already been cast. Anyways, guess who’s been nominated for “Most Likely To Succeed”? Yupp, our boys and girls over at WordPress! Let’s support WordPress and show them how much we love them.

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Where has WordPress been and where did it come from? In the following post, I’ll be telling you about the History of WordPress.

I will begin with the first version of WordPress right up to version 1.2.2. So go put the kettle on, get comfortable and get ready for WPCandy’s first history lesson!

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