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.
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
Mandrill ditches free plans, stacks onto paid Mailchimp
Most of you know this by now, as it’s been all over the web … Read more
Google’s AMP launches, Automattic plugin integration ready
Google launched AMP in a pretty big way. The video steals a line from … Read more
WordPress plugin directory redesign: great potential, great power
Sometimes I wonder if those who work on WordPress.org website projects realize just how … Read more
The campiness of WordCamps
Natalie MacLees has been involved with the Southern California WordPress community for a long … Read more
A few core highlights and the state of WordPress 4.5
WordPress 4.5 should hit beta 1 fairly soon — like probably within the next … Read more
Rainmaker Digital passes $12 million in revenue, 60+ employees
Rainmaker Digital is the newish name of the formerly known Copyblogger Media. Brian Clark … Read more
Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April
There is really only one existing WordPress integration for Facebook Instant Articles. It is from … Read more
HTTP/2 hits 25% Chrome adoption, SPDY support is ending
This is a really impressive achievement in relatively short time for HTTP/2. From the … Read more
Platforms and accessibility
I read an amazing post today. It’s old, from 2011, and written by Steve … Read more
Selective refresh paves a path for frontend editing
The selective refresh feature plugin for the customizer makes for a better customizer experience. … Read more
The state of meta in the WordPress REST API
Ryan McCue has done another in-depth API-explainer, this time on the state of handling … Read more
