Media community Blubrry has its podcast publishing plugin for WordPress, PowerPress 4.0. The update adds support for the latest iTunes podcast specs and more. iTunes upgrades include: An updated iTunes image requirement — RGB 1400×1400 — throughout the plugin for better cover image quality throughout. “Feature Episode” that allow podcasters to designate a primary episode, which […]

Blubrry has updated its PowerPress podcast publishing plugin for WordPress to version 3.0. Features: PowerPress offers HTML5 audio/video player with flash fallback and multi-channel/multi-category podcasting support. Adds Meta Marks a new feature that lets you link rich meta information, including audio, video, images, comments, etc. Customizable HTML5 audio/video-play icons. Auto Media Length Detection added for […]

Developer Kyle Graham has released a new plugin for WordPress, called VoicePress. The plugin adds a microphone button to the WordPress editor, letting you dictate your blog posts. You can see a demo of VoicePress in action above. VoicePress is in the early stages. It is in beta and only works in Chrome browsers. The beta […]

Blubrry has announced the release of an upgrade to its podcast plugin, PowerPress 2.0.

PowerPress lets users embed audio and video podcasts into their WordPress websites and create correctly formatted feeds for syndication.

WooTumblog is a new free WordPress plugin that adds Tumblr-style posting to WordPress blogs. The idea behind this plugin is to bring the benefits of Tumblr’s rapid microblogging to WordPress sites. This plugin works with any WordPress theme and activates a custom taxonomy that you will find accessible from your WordPress backend. You can then […]

WordPress.com has announced a new feature,  Post by Voice, that lets you audio blog by phone. Here’s what WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg has to say about it: You can now go to your My Blogs tab, enable Post by Voice, and get a special number and code to call your blog. After you’re done, the […]

Matt Mullenweg today announced the release of WordPress 3.0, the latest version of the popular blogging application, dubbed Thelonious: Arm your vuvuzelas: WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download (or upgrade within your dashboard). Major new features […]

WordPress developer Danilo Ercoli has announced WordPress for BlackBerry version 1.2, an update that adds mobilecasting features and more. Here’s what’s new in version 1.2: Ability to show comprehensive site stats for WordPress.com sites and for self-hosted sites running the WP.com stats plugin Ability to add audio recordings to a post/page Ability to post media […]

WordPress quietly added some hosting options to its WordPress.com content platform that could be welcome for podcasters: Based on feedback we received from our users, we decided to add two new space upgrade options: 50GB and 100GB. To access either of these upgrade levels, go to your blog’s dashboard and click on Upgrades. Select the […]

Automattic’s Matt Mullenweg has announced a new service, VaultPress that is designed to meet the growing need for automated backups and security patches for WordPress self-hosted sites. Here’s how Mullenweg describes the service: The vision of VaultPress is to ensure that blogs and sites under its care are always completely secure, regardless of what happens. […]