After some time off, plugin development has restarted.

Two plugins have been modified, and both are relatively small changes. YouTube Embed has had its demonstration video fixed and Simple PayPal Donate now validates with XHTML Strict. In  both cases (and for upcoming plugin changes) I’ve also added some commenting to the resulting XHTML so that it’s easy to find the code in the source.

More changes to come…

The much eagerly anticipated WordPress 3.0 has been released.

Major new features in this release include a sexy new default theme called Twenty Ten. Theme developers have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus (no more file editing), post types, and taxonomies. (Twenty Ten theme shows all of that off.) Developers and network admins will appreciate the long-awaited merge of MU and WordPress, creating the new multi-site functionality which makes it possible to run one blog or ten million from the same installation. As a user, you will love the new lighter interface, the contextual help on every screen, the 1,217 bug fixes and feature enhancements and bulk updates so you can upgrade 15 plugins at once with a single click!

For a full run down on features…

Read WordPress 3.0’s Codex page

Read the list of issues in Trac

Or, just, watch the video below (using my own Simple Code Embed plugin to embed the code)…

(Yes, I still haven’t upgraded – I forgot my Netbook today, anyway, so that rules it out. Monday at the earliest – but look out for a post soon about the coming plans!).

WordPress 3.0 has been launched. And it’s late. And I’m busy all of tomorrow. And the weekend.

I’m not going to risk the install now – sods law says it will go hideously wrong.  I could try the install whilst I’m at work but their wireless network is so slow it’s nearly impossible to use.

Damn you WordPress (shakes fist at sky).

(More details tomorrow)