Comments on: Do NOT Use WordPress.com to Host Your Blog

By: Mark Morgan

Mark Morgan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:12:21 +0000

Brian, you will find that WordPress itself now does this, by default. (It got your example in your own post.) You need to add the following to your functions.php file:

remove_filter( 'the_content', 'capital_P_dangit' );
remove_filter( 'the_title', 'capital_P_dangit' );
remove_filter( 'comment_text', 'capital_P_dangit' );

By: seo indonesia

seo indonesia — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:56:55 +0000

i big fans of WP

By: Tal Galili

Tal Galili — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:06:04 +0000

Just to be nice – you’ve got two spam comments here (I’m not one of them )

By: com4host.com

com4host.com — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 23:03:12 +0000

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By: Brian Carnell

Brian Carnell — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:02:54 +0000

Exactly.

You know, rewriting “WordPress” to “WordPress” is a fairly small matter, but it is an issue of principle. It would be no different if Yahoo! had some rewrite tool that converted “Yahoo” to “Yahoo!” or Microsoft was rewriting “Micro$oft” to “Microsoft” on one of its services.

Rewriting content like that is crossing a line that should not be crossed IMO. When I visit a site on WordPress.com or Typepad or whatever, I assume I’m reading what the author of that blog wrote, not what the author wrote as edited by automated rewrite plugins imposed by the host.

By: Mark Morgan

Mark Morgan — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:01:05 +0000

Ah, WordPress.com. Last bastion of rewriting your content. I CERTAINLY don’t know any writers who are complete control freaks about their work.

By: that girl again

that girl again — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 03:56:47 +0000

Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people say unkind things about those who don’t use the right spelling, and get really defensive about making sure it’s capitalized.

Those people need to a) get out more, and b) familiarise themselves with the English language, wherein a capital letter is preceded by a space and tYpinGLikEThiS gets you labelled as a ten-year-old.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:20:57 +0000

It’s an Easter egg. Besides, there are far better reasons not to use WordPress.com, like lack of plugins.

By: Mark Morgan

Mark Morgan — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 05:53:00 +0000

Matt, I am a WordPress fan, but it’s still a silly thing to do to people.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:51:31 +0000

This change was actually made over a year ago. I could care less about trademarks, it just looks better.

By: Roofius

Roofius — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:23:21 +0000

nice blogg i like it and i do read it very often

By: Lorelle

Lorelle — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 08:06:14 +0000

Well, this is certainly making a mountain out of a mole hill. Brian, this is a tiny thing. It annoys many WordPress fans who use the lowercase p when writing WordPress. For a lot of people, seeing WordPress spelled wrong is a clue of a lack of attention to detail. Over the years, I’ve heard a lot of people say unkind things about those who don’t use the right spelling, and get really defensive about making sure it’s capitalized. A lot of people use the WordPress Plugins that force the capital P and have done for years. It’s part of the pride of being a part of such an amazing community.