WordPress News

The periodic table of WordPress plugins

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

This periodic table formatted list of the most downloaded plugins is interesting. That doesn't mean I have to know why they made it. But it's fun to look at :) Even if it's slightly depressing how popular some of these…

Understanding The Difference in WordPress.com, WordPress.org, Automattic, and Audrey Capital

Tom McFarlin

January 29, 2013

Business

A concise breakdown of the various organizations involved with WordPress, how they are related, and how they are different, and their role in the WordPress economy.

Helen Hou-Sandi interview on Code Poet

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

WordPress News

I really love the Code Poet interviews. Today, Helen Hou-Sandi's interview is featured. Helen does a ton for the WordPress community. Go check out her nice interview.

Introduction to the WordPress rewrite API

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

Development

The rewrite API can be confusing (to me at least). Remi Corson walks you through it on the WP Explorer blog.

Envato is reviewing their licensing

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

Business

Collis Ta'eed has posted on WP Daily again, to say that Envato is doing a survey of their authors to gauge interest in a 100% GPL option for sellers. I can't imagine how Collis could've written this post in a…

Oh Yeah, and the P is Capitalized

Brian Krogsgard

January 29, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress is spelled with a capital “P”. It’s not Wordpress, or wordpress, or Word Press. It’s WordPress. I assume that sentence was included on the speakers page as a way of saying “If you intend to speak at this WordCamp,…

What is the WordPress Foundation?

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

WordPress News

What is the WordPress Foundation, and who is in charge? These are the questions asked in this article - questions we should all be asking as the foundation wields its power without transparency.

Using plugin pointers, much like pointing, is rarely appropriate

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

WordPress News

WordPress introduced pointers just a couple versions of WordPress ago. They've pretty quickly gained adoption by some popular plugins. I hesitantly link to this post on Paulund that shows you how to make a plugin pointer, because I think they're…

SlabText – a jQuery plugin for equalizing line measure in headlines

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

Design

This is a slick jQuery script to make big, fancy, responsive headlines where each line has equal line measure. So it makes it like those posters we all love where the font size varies per line to make the measure…

Leaders and the greater good

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

WordPress News

What is leading when it comes to open source? How much transparency does a project like WordPress need and what is the state of the word right now?

I thought I knew about responsive design

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

Design

I thought I knew a lot about responsive design, but I learned a ton in this post by Paul Stamatiou. He recently redesigned his blog, and he goes into great length into how he did it, and what he learned.…

If you build it, they will come. But you have to drag them.

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

If you're not following Dave Donaldson's blog this year, you're doing it wrong. His openness is so refreshing. Dave runs Max Foundry, and has been pouring out every detail of how running the plugin business has been a struggle. Today,…

Justin Tadlock released a plugin for your portfolios (and a theme too)

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

WordPress News

Justin Tadlock released a new plugin and theme today. The plugin is a custom post type and taxonomy for managing portfolios, called... wait for it... Custom Content Portfolio. It is available for free in the WordPress plugin repository. He released…

Introduction to WordPress Filters

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

Development

This short guide, aimed at beginner/intermediate developers, introduces WordPress filters, explains their basic use, and provides some examples on the topic of cheese sticks.

WordPress Gear: useful developer tools

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

Development

WordPress Gear is a "compendium" of useful developer tools for working with WordPress. I like what I see. h/t @paul_wp

It’s the information, stupid

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2013

Design

That's why people go to websites. My colleague, David Hickox, hits the nail on the head. Sliders are the latest craze, but, "they’re just the latest in a long line of misguided client fixations aimed at producing excitement and engagement…