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WordPress for Android: 100,000 Users and Counting

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Not only is today the 7th birthday of WordPress, it is also marks the day that WordPress for Android crossed the 100,000 user mark! Since its release in February 2010, we’ve seen steady growth and great support from the Android community.

Here are some interesting stats on WordPress for Android as it reached 100,000 users:

Device Versions
A breakdown of Android versions that are running WordPress for Android:

2.1 (Eclair MR1)	39.90%
1.5 (Cupcake)	27.98%
1.6 (Donut)	23.57%
2.0 (Eclair)	8.13%
2.2 (Froyo)	0.19%

Languages
Here’s the top 10 languages that are using WordPress for Android. If you are interested in translating the app please visit translate.wordpress.org/projects.

English	70.69%
Korean	4.86%
German	4.09%
French	3.20%
Spanish	3.08%
Dutch	2.46%
Japanese	2.01%
Swedish	1.65%
Italian	1.31%
Russian	1.23%

So hats off to everyone involved with making WordPress for Android. We are excited about reaching this milestone and are most excited about what’s to come for the app in the future!

Tags: stats
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Version 1.2.1 Released

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Version 1.2.1 has been released to Android Market. It is a minor update, yet adds some features that the user community has been looking forward to. Changes include:

Delete Posts and Pages

You can now delete posts and pages directly from the app. Simply select a post or page, and select ‘Delete’. After confirming, the post or page will be moved to the trash.

Add a Post Signature

A small snippet of text can be added to the bottom of each new post you make with WordPress for Android. We’ve defaulted it to ‘Posted from WordPress for Android’, but you can change it to whatever you’d like. Note to theme designers, we added an id to the post signature so you can style it to your liking.

Better Embedding & Linking

Video uploads to blogs that don’t user VideoPress will now be embedded to the post when submitted from the app. We’ve also made links that are shared with the app from other apps hyperlinks so that they are clickable by your readers when you post the link to your blog.

Bug Fixes

This release also includes the following bug fixes:

Media file upload fix for HTC Sense devices like the HTC Incredible
Optimizations for the Geotagging feature.

Download the update from Android Market!

Tags: Geotagging, HTC Sense, Media
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WordPress for Android Version 1.2: Geotagging and Video Upload

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

WordPress for Android version 1.2 has been released to Android Market. Some great new features have been added:

Video upload and video sharing to a new WordPress post. If you have a WordPress.com blog, video upload works great with VideoPress. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog, you may need to install the PJW Mime Config plugin to allow the 3gp video files to be uploaded to your blog.
Post geotagging support (enable geotagging first in the blog settings window). If you are running a self-hosted blog, install the geolocation plugin to show your location.
HTC Tattoo Android Market fix.

Here’s a few screenshots of the new features: