You don’t need any custom queries or database calls just to get a list of recent posts. In fact, there’s a function built into WordPress that will do just that.

Does your Wordpress blog take forever to load? Learn how to speed up your site with this article from Wordpress Garage.

Here is a list of must have plugins for self-hosted Wordpress blogs…

My experience with upgrading to wordpress 2.5 and all the links you need to do it yourself!

Learn how to embed YouTube videos into your wordpress blog quickly and easily with this simple video tutorial.

Or use this wordpress plugin —> WP YouTube plugin.
The WP YouTube plugin helps you to present your YouTube videos without having to paste the entire embed-code. You only need the YouTube ID, the rest is handled by WP [...]