Gravity Forms introduces some big new features
Gravity Forms 1.9 came out today. This is a major release for the popular … Read more
Be on the lookout: Shop Plugins is an upcoming eCommerce marketplace
eCommerce is getting pretty darn big for WordPress. Daniel Espinoza knows eCommerce. He’s built extensions for … Read more
Licensing matters
There’s a popular WordPress vulnerability scanner called WPScan. To validate its popularity: it has … Read more
The road to 50% marketshare, and more
I’ve never heard of KitchenSinkWP — a WordPress podcast that’s 48 episodes in (shows what … Read more
WooCommerce is going after photography
WooThemes announced a new product today, aimed at selling photography with WooCommerce. This is a good first step, and I’m excited to see an eCommerce product target the photography super-niche. That said, there is a ton of room in this market, and WordPress isn’t really solving photographers’ problems yet.
Another Sucuri “responsible disclosure” postmortem
James Giroux manages operations at PageLines. Last week, they were notified of a vulnerability … Read more
WordPress 4.2: what you need to know going into the development phase
WordPress 4.2 kicked off last week with the announcement of Drew Jaynes as release … Read more
eCommerce plugin marketshare stats
Beka Rice has done an awesome write-up on SellWithWP, where she analyzes who is … Read more
Anyone can change
Update: Change is hard. I wrote this 20 months ago, but after seeing some … Read more
I ripped off PressNomics
Fresh and rested after PressNomics, today I’m reflecting on the WordPress business event that’s made such a name for itself. After finally making it myself, on its third iteration, I can tell you that I now know what all the fuss is about. Here are just a few of my takeaways.
Let’s Grow: Introducing the Post Status Membership Club
Today marks two years since I launched Post Status. It’s been an incredible two years. Today, I’m thrilled to announce that the Post Status Membership Club is open.
Hexagon: a French language theme shop with an American / French partnership
Devin Price and Fx Benard are partnering in a new theme venture called Hexagon. It’s … Read more
What to expect from PressNomics
PressNomics is this week. Here’s a preview of some of the things I’m looking forward to. I can’t wait to hang out with those of you going!
ThemeCobra for sale (~$500 / month revenue historically)
Rob Hope and Derek Clark are a pair of South Africans that own ThemeCobra. … Read more
Ideas for small improvements to the new Distraction-Free Writing
Distraction-Free Writing in WordPress changed in 4.1. It’s now an extension of the regular post editor, and it’s had some critics and resistance (like all new WordPress features). I took some of the complaints to see if they could be integrated into the DFW editor to make the feature better.
