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Jetpack has included Elasticsearch support in their “professional” plan now. It’s in beta for now, but I anticipate we’ll see them expand on this functionality. I think it could be a good trigger for some folks to upgrade.
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WordPress.com introduces Connect, a “login with” API
WordPress.com has introduced a new API today called WordPress.com Connect. It’s an API to allow websites and applications to offer login capability for WordPress.com users. It’s not surprising Automattic has introduced this feature. After all, they have tons of services that obviously already use something similar to link their WordPress.com, Akismet, PollDaddy, and VaultPress products. In…

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Automating i18n in WordPress themes
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