Unfortunately, this can be quite distracting and confusing for some user, as it links them away from their site or dashboard if they accidentally click on it (The previous versions of WordPress had the users gravatar and linked to their profile page.)

While there isn’t any setting to remove it (yet), thankfully it is pretty easy to get rid of.

To do this, open your theme’s functions.php file, which should be found at /wp-content/themes/yourthemename/functions.php and add the following code.

function remove_wp_admin_link() {
if(has_action('admin_bar_menu'))
remove_action('admin_bar_menu', 'wp_admin_bar_wp_menu');
}
add_action('init', 'remove_wp_admin_link');


WordPress adds ‘wp_admin_bar_wp_menu()’ to the ‘admin_bar_menu’ hook in the /wp-includes/class-wp-admin-bar.php file. Here we tell WordPress to remove this action during WordPress’s ‘init‘ phase (providing the user is logged in as that is the only time it is seen).

To make life easier I’ve also created a plugin which is currently available on github and will putting a copy into the WordPress Extend plugin directory soon.

Held at Bond Uni, the event will be over 2 days and host 2 streams of speakers from around the world and Australia as well as a happiness bar to offer help with any of for all you WordPress.

Clare (@webbyclare) and I (@findingsimple) will be wandering around for both days so feel free to grab us and say Hi!

And here it is…

As always Matt highlights some key statistics, just to highlight a few:

• WordPress 3.2 had 500,000 downloads in the first two days, representing the fastest upgrade velocity ever.
• WordPress now has 15,000 plugins and 200 million plugin downloads, and we’re doing a lot of work to make the plugin experience more seamless.
• 14.7 percent of the top million websites in the world use WordPress.
• 22 of every 100 active domains created in the U.S. are running WordPress.

A very big thanks to Matt and each and every person to Automattic and those within the WordPress Community who help each and every day to make WordPress such a awesome platform.

Here’s why:

Doggo demonstrates an alternative use of WordPress as a CMS using custom search functionality integrated with Google Maps to provide a unique and useful way to find somewhere to take your dog within Australia.

A big thank you to everyone who supports and uses Doggo!

Just like WordPress, this group will always be FREE. It’s for anyone interested in WordPress in the Nations Capital – from users to developers, from new to experienced. It’s about all about getting together to discuss WordPress and having a bit of fun. We’ll aim to have topics and/or presentations for all levels so please join the conversation and let us know what WordPress topics you are most interested in.

There’s already a great bunch of people who have signed up so head on over to http://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Canberra/ now and join in the discussion. We’ll update the schedule as soon as we’ve sorted out a venue and of course the first round will be on us.

Here’s why:

The Quirky Kid Clinic website is detailed, well designed and illustrated and uses a number of WordPress’ many features and tools to display a wide variety of content.

Congratulations to Leo and the gang!

If you haven’t come across the service yet, here’s how the Automattic crew describe it:

VaultPress is a subscription-based protection, security and backup service for WordPress blogs and sites. It’s built on the same Automattic grid that reliably serves over 11 million WordPress.com blogs and 250 million monthly visitors. #via

Even in beta form the service is very slick: It’s easy to install, the interface fits right in with the WordPress dashboard (to be expected) and it just works. We can’t wait to start introducing it to clients once it’s out of beta.

They’ve also bundled in a new default theme – “Twenty Ten” – that provides a solid baseline if you’re looking to get into some child theme development.

Overall it is a wonderful achievement – a big thanks and congratulations to the team at Automattic and all the contributors around the world!

For a full list of the 3.0 highlights and features head on over to the Codex. And as always – remember to do a thorough backup of your database and files before hitting that update button.

After a couple weeks catching up with family and road trippin’ through Outback South Australia and New South Wales we’re back on deck.

In the mean time here is a selection of some of the great new sites we’ve been helping out with:

• Daylight Design
• Omigoddess
• Viking Books
• Kosciuszko Alpine Way
• Tender Bytes
• Webby Clare
• Supersmile Superdontist!