If you log in to the WordPress admin, you will see that there are now options on the Dashboard for “Submit a Theme” and “Submit a Plugin”. We’re very pleased to have this functionality in place, and are excited for people to start submitting their work to the community.
Once the themes and plugins start [...]

The theme and plugin upload functions are almost ready for prime time. But tomorrow I’m leaving for a week long vacation, so I don’t see much sense in enabling these features if I won’t be around to approve what has been submitted.
Instead, my plan is to get everything ready before I leave, [...]

Registered users can now submit articles to be featured on Open WordPress. It can be anything ranging from WordPress news, to tips & tricks, or telling everyone about your new favorite plugin. Everyone is welcome to submit articles, all you have to do is register with the site.
By having your WordPress articles featured [...]

I just finished upgrading the site to WordPress 2.1, and it went off without a hitch. Of course this isn’t too surprising, considering the only plugins currently installed Akismet, WP Contact Form, and in-work verions of the theme and plugin upload plugins.

Well, we’ve barely gotten started, and we’ve already moved. Although I never heard anything officially, I was told by several people that WordPress owns a trademark for that name and doesn’t allow sites to use the WordPress name in their domain, as the old site did.
So now we’ve moved to a new home at [...]