WordPress has become a tool used by millions of designers for much more than creating blogs. Each week we take a look at what’s new with WordPress.

For more regular news, tutorials and tricks, check out our blog about WordPress.

Plugins

WordPress live chat

Chat with your customers on your site for sales and support easily, and beautifully.

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PhotoDropper

PhotoDropper makes finding the right photo very easy. Get access over 253M+ free & premium photos without ever leaving WordPress.

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Themes

Reveal

Reveal is a simple & easy to use portfolio theme featuring Flat & Metro inspired design with Masonry Layout powered by Isotope. Fully responsive built with Bootstrap

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Arctic

Arctic is a full ajax WordPress theme, with a smooth experience.It has a sharp and clean design with Retina support. It is suitable for Architect and Creatives to show they work.

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News

New codex design for BuddyPress

The BuddyPress guys recently redesigned their Codex to better support the community. They did a great job.

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Tips & Tutorials

A guide to Github for WordPress users

A great introduction to Github for beginners.

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Using WordPress 3.8?s dashicons in your theme or plugin

If you build themes and plugins for WordPress, it’s always good to use the built-in features. This tutorial teaches you how to use the new icons.

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