Jetpack is building an onboarding plugin to alter the new WordPress user experience
Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress … Read more
Jetpack is testing direct email marketing for Automattic products
Automattic is testing email marketing to WordPress.com users who have accounts linked to Jetpack, in … Read more
Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable
Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther’s shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.
The Jorbin Test
The Joel Test has largely stood the test of time, yet there isn’t a WordPress specific version to help WordPress developers judge job opportunities. The Jorbin Test is the Joel Test, updated for the WordPress engineers of today.
Konstantin Obenland is an executive at…
Konstantin Obenland is an executive at Automattic. The Chairman of Height.
Poetica’s editing collaboration tool — originally…
Poetica’s editing collaboration tool — originally a WordPress plugin integration — has been acquired … Read more
The discussions between WooThemes and Stripe…
The discussions between WooThemes and Stripe that ended up with the Stripe payment gateway … Read more
Media Temple and WordImpress have announced…
Media Temple and WordImpress have announced a really interesting model where they are a plugin … Read more
Sam Sidler opened a discussion on…
Sam Sidler opened a discussion on rethinking the “tags” interface on the plugin repo, … Read more
Corey Maass describes his experience building…
Corey Maass describes his experience building a WordPress plugin, with a few months behind him. … Read more
Plugin repo and frameworks
There’s a newly clarified policy on Make Plugins from Mika Epstein where she says … Read more
Yoast SEO 3.1 partially rolls back snippet editor, introduces primary category feature
Yoast SEO 3.1 partially rolls back the snippet editor design, after 3.0 feedback made … Read more
AppPresser 2 includes offline mode and other improvements
Scott Bolinger announced AppPresser 2, a new major version of the popular WordPress to … Read more
