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Dan Knauss
Jetpack and WordPress.com can publish to Telegram. The ultimate gitignore for WordPress projects.
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Pandemic experiences, “Are you disabled?” and the history of screen readers
Dan Knauss
Back in July, Sabina Ionescu published a lot of different responses from people in the WordPress community to questions about the impact of the pandemic on them. I missed it then, but it's still relevant and worth reading. Some other…
Patchstack enriches open vulnerability data with signals showing attack volume, method, and source
Dan Knauss
Back in August, Oliver Sild announced in Post Status Slack that Patchstack was opening up "additional data" to "enrich the vulnerability data" their service discloses, now "with [a] real-time IP feed of attackers who hit [Patchstack's] virtual patches." Virtual patches…
Catching up with Do the Woo
Dan Knauss
Bob puts out so much writing and audio at Do the Woo and has so many different people featured, it's hard to keep up! These are some recent ones I've taken note of but didn't get into a post or…
Naming is hard—but important
Dan Knauss
This is an important topic that came out of a Post Status Slack #security discussion involving Robert Rowley and John James Jacoby: WordPress Terminology Meta. It continued over at the WPwatercooler.
WordPress in Substack’s History
Dan Knauss
I wish this was a WordPress story. It should've been and could still be — a simple publishing platform built around freemium newsletters — and writers. In a way, it is a WordPress story. Ben Thompson's Stratechery was a Substack…
Security News Roundup
Dan Knauss
Critical OpenSSL vulnerability • Australia raises fines for data breaches • Apple only commits to patching the latest OS • EU may require secure code and timely patches.• NSA/CISA guidance for software developers and suppliers
Connect freemium plugins to premium extension sales?
Dan Knauss
Justin Labadie's wishlist for the WordPress.org plugin repo:
1) Ensure all search results are relevant.
2) Standardize a Premium product upsell interface.
3) Make it possible to show other products by the same author.
1) Ensure all search results are relevant.
2) Standardize a Premium product upsell interface.
3) Make it possible to show other products by the same author.
Best Practices and Tools from rtCamp
Dan Knauss
I've been collecting rtCamp news for a while — they have a great monthly newsletter — and here are some of the highlights worth sharing broadly.
A Makeover for HelpHub — and you can help the Docs Team on Contributor Day
Dan Knauss
Pretty snazzy new looks coming the the WordPress documentation site! You can help the Docs Team: Come to the first ever Documentation team Contributor Day on October 25th.
November: Register to speak at WordFest Live — and come to WordPress Accessibility Day
Dan Knauss
Coming up on November 18, WordFest Live will once again “support and promote positive well-being and mental health within remote working communities.” REGISTER →And don't forget WordPress Accessibility Day on November 2-3! REGISTER →Then on November 21, it's Alicia St.…
The New WooCommerce Agency Partner Program
Dan Knauss
Here's everything you should know about the WooCommerce Agency Partner Program with their program manager, Mary Voelker. Key takeaways: The WooExpert program started in 2015, and participants had to be invited and pay for a membership in it. Agency partners…
Does WordPress.org Data Belong to the WordPress Community? Should It?
Dan Knauss
Today WP Watercooler sought Solutions to the Active Growth Problem. In a pointed but respectful conversation moderated but Sé Reed, the Watercooler crew got one new detail from Otto about the decision to remove the active install charts: it was…
Till KrĂĽss on WordPress, Performance, the Plugin Business, and Life
Dan Knauss
What plugin owner has not felt the pain of an extraordinarily busy support forum? Till is up to (wait for it..) 5-10 minutes a day on support — which he aims to decrease. How? Testing to ensure the highest quality.
Active Install Data Story Update: Not a breach but abuse of an endpoint
Dan Knauss
John James Jacoby has been the main source of (unofficial) information about the removal of active install statistical tracking for plugins in the WordPress.org repository. On Friday, he provided more technical details on the WPwatercooler podcast.
Shiny New Things!
Dan Knauss
From Abstract: WP Tests for Faster WordPress Projects.Independent Analytics – A Reliable Google Analytics Alternative for Your Website.Delicious Brains: WP Migrate 2.4 Released: Faster Migrations, Must-Use Plugins, WP Engine Compatibility, and More and The Developer's Guide to WP-CONFIG.PHP.WordPress 6.1: Global Styles…
