
Plugins Language Switcher
Plugins Language Switcher allows to use different language from WordPress default one for plugins back-end (admin settings pages). It is useful for example if your blog front-end works in English and you wish to work with plugins at admin back-end with your native language. Another variant of this plugin usage – is plugin translation file testing without changing of the blog language in wp-config.php.
Plugin scans your plugins directory and shows in the language selection drop down list those languages only which you have in your plugins directories.

WordPress 3.0 beta 2
Exciting news! WordPress 3.0 becomes nearer and nearer. May 6, 2010
WordPress development blog announced WordPress 3.0 beta 2 availability and left a word about release candidate

.
What’s new in this beta? As declared at the development blog:
* Revised menu user interface;
* Changes to the WordPress exporter and importer to make it more flexible.
If you wish to test WordPress 3.0 beta 2 you can download it
here.
Let’s see together what we can do with new WordPress 3.0 built-in menu system management interface and how to use it. Example and screenshots use the new WordPress 3.0 default
Twentyten theme.

SIG GUARD Updated
Next update v.1.5 is available for
Silence is Golden Guard WordPress plugin. With the help of plugin users incompatibility with WP Super Cache plugin was discovered and fixed. The problem was that blog with WP Super Cache plugin active becomes unavailable after activating of SIG plugin. Analysis showed that index.php file with redirection directive in the
wp-super-cache/plugins directory results in the endless redirection loop which block the blog front-end and admin back-end access. From version 1.5 SIG plugin checks if WP Super Cache is active and create then empty index.php file for the
wp-super-cache/plugins directory without redirection directive. The incompatibility issue is resolved this way.

URE Italian
Italian translation for the
User Role Editor WordPress plugin is available with version 2.1.4 published at May 8th, 2010. Thanks to
Talksina for the help with making User Role Editor WordPress plugin available for italian users in their native language.
Do you have URE translation in some other language? Share it with WordPress community.
Some phrases in URE translation files still need to be translated. Do you wish to help? You are welcome!

SIG GUARD Updated
Next update v.1.4 is available for
Silence is Golden Guard WordPress plugin. Checking if index.php file is SIG Guard plugin made file and can be rewritten is updated/enhanced in try to exclude rare cases when SIG Guard rewrites important index.php file, e.g. in the current theme folder. SIG Guard own stamp string verification is added. File with more than 4 rows will not be changed too.
This update is critical for new plugin users only.
Note to former users: if you wish to rebuild all your dummy SIG index.php files you need to delete that files manually before click “Rebuild All” button. As old index.php file does not contain SIG Guard stamp string, plugin should not update such file.

IP Logger 3.1. Review
It is the second post about IP Logger plugin I made. 1st one can be achieved
here.
The main thing which I didn’t like in
IP Logger the previous 2.8 version and had pointed it out in my review was a hidden use of external WEB service to get more details about blog visitor’s IP. Now
IP Logger allows you to make the free choice: 1st – do not use any external services, 2nd and 3rd – select external service to use from 2 available options. Thus, plugin user is aware what and how the plugin does. Right decision.

NetBeans 6.9 beta
May 3rd, 2010
NetBeans.org announced NetBeans IDE version 6.9 beta availability.
I use NetBeans IDE for PHP developement about 2 years. It is robust, comprehensive and very convenient IDE with PHP support. Main features of NetBeans IDE for PHP were described in
NetBeans for PHP development post. What’s new in the 6.9 version?
As official
release notes says there are next new features realized in version 6.9:
* More editor hints
* Spell checker support in the Editor
* Help menu item for reporting bugs and slowness against NetBeans IDE