Comments on: Blogging Pro WordPress Themes and Plugins Contest

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:24:34 +0000

For WordPress Plugins, try http://www.wp-plugins.net and we’ll check on what is going on with the org domain registration. Thanks.

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:13:37 +0000

I’d like to visit wp-plugins.org, but it seems they forgot to register their domain name. I hope they can get it back soon. It’s a shame when such a little thing is overlooked and has a big effect.

By: Petit

Petit — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:18:43 +0000

Beautifully put as always.

Too short time is part of the answer as is maturity of WordPress, the latter meaning more and more users and fewer developers – a good thing per se. However, everyone who care about theme and plugins development expects a new version of WP to come out soon. Many of us expect to see significant changes to the inner workings of WP.

Yet to come, may be more Ajaxian behaviors. How will that effect the themes and the way plugins work?

Timing is everything and promotion something. It is indeed summer, and at my site this means hot and outdoor work. But being on the verge of another WP release may matter too.

The community is certainly alive and kicking. Among other things the support forum is complemented with a tentative free install service. Let’s see if that has a bad timing!

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:58:04 +0000

I just hope WordPress.com gets right-to-left support going with their new Translation application. But yes, ti is sad that it takes something horrible to get people expressing themselves, but you can see that throughout history.

And of course I am on “our” side. I want to see WordPress do well. I love it to much to see it die off and be replaced.

Thanks again for the great writeup though. I love your blog.

By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:24:17 +0000

David, I think you will continue to see great things happening in the WordPress Community. It just takes “time”. And I’m glad you are still on “our” side.

I’m so very excited about the massive response to WordPress within the international community of bloggers. I expect to see a huge rise in blogging with the war in the Middle East. Not just for those with an opinion but also for Hebrew and Arabic bloggers. With the ease of WordPress use for Hebrew and Arabic writers and speakers dealing with the right-to-left languages, I expect to see a lot of action for WordPress. Too bad it takes a war to get people blogging.

By: David

David — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:19:52 +0000

Honestly, you go through many great points, and what I really wanted to see was that the community was out there, and while I did get some response, I think for the readership size of BloggingPro the response was tinier than it should have been. Even reading the WordPress.org/support pages, I see less and less releases and more questions on how to impliment things.

I think it shows a maturity in the WordPress audience with the technology, but also shows the shift away from new developments. I am hoping that the major release to WordPress 2.1 will help spur the community into really pulling WordPress apart again and adding all the features they need/want. I just worry that if the community runs out of steam, we could see some other software come and surplant WordPress, much like WordPress did to Movable Type in my opinion.