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Here’s an insightful interview with John…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Here's an insightful interview with John O'Nolan on Indie Hackers about raising money and growing Ghost to $750k a year. Even if you don't use Ghost, it's a nice peak into how you can approach a business that is born…

Lilyana Yakimova shares that SiteGround’s site…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Security

Lilyana Yakimova shares that SiteGround's site security scanner is now powered by Sucuri. I've long gotten SiteGround's "all clear" emails from HackAlert, but I trust Sucuri far more, so I'm happy to see the change.

If you’re a BuddyPress user, make…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Security

If you're a BuddyPress user, make sure you upgrade to the latest security release, which fixes a few cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issues. You might also want to check out the updated version of the WooCommerce BuddyPress Integration plugin from…

Aaron Campbell talks about the difficulties…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2017

Security

Aaron Campbell talks about the difficulties of security disclosures, starting with the accurate statement, "security is ever a game of balance." Disclosure is an incredibly important part of the process. As Aaron points out, "you’ll look worse if someone else…

JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 12, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Joe are joined by Zac Gordon, and the three of them discuss the state of JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context.

Making a living without client work, with Carrie Dils — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

March 6, 2017

BusinessDraft

In this episode, Brian interviews Carrie Dils -- a self-employed entrepreneur -- about using multiple channels to make a full time living, and giving up client work.

K. Adam White is the design…

Brian Krogsgard

March 3, 2017

Design

K. Adam White is the design lead on the WordPress REST API, and has been involved with the project for the last three years. On the Bocoup blog, he gives an in-depth overview of his time with the project that…

Automattic has built an importer for…

Brian Krogsgard

March 3, 2017

Business

Automattic has built an importer for folks to move from Medium to WordPress.com, and gave a tiny jab to Medium while at it: With the recent news about Medium’s change in business model we’ve been receiving a number of requests…

I stumbled on the “Tozny API”…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Security

I stumbled on the "Tozny API" recently which instead of passwords presents a functionality similar to "email me an access code" from Slack. The purpose of which is to help either verify email addresses or promote password-free authentication for your…

BuddyPress 2.8.0 (“San Matteo”) has recently…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Security

BuddyPress 2.8.0 ("San Matteo") has recently been completed and it includes some nice security tweaks and improvements: more helpful “Activate Pending Accounts” screen, better compatibility with the Twenty Seventeen theme, more hooks for Messages, accessibility upgrades, and more. Looks like…

2016 was a good year for…

Dan Knauss

March 3, 2017

Security

2016 was a good year for PHP according to Zend as they share survey results from 1200 developers. Some interesting results, most notably that over 50% of respondents are planning to move to PHP 7.x within one year (that's good).…

The theme directory disconnect

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2017

BusinessDesign

In many ways, the WordPress theme directory is an invaluable resource -- for theme developers to have access to put their work out there in the wild for a huge audience, and for users to have a relatively safe way…

WeFoster is targeting community-centric WordPress sites with new hosting platform

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2017

Hosting

WeFoster is launching a complete hosting platform to target community-centric WordPress sites of all shapes and sizes. I spoke with Bowe Frankema and Marion Gooding about the project last week, to get a sense of their aims, and to see…

Running a successful regional agency, with Ben May

Katie Richards

February 25, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian interviews Ben May -- owner of The Code Company -- about growing and running a successful development agency in Australia.

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

February 21, 2017

DesignDevelopment

Don't miss your opportunity to visit Boston for the second iteration of A Day of REST, a conference exclusively devoted to teaching you about the WordPress REST API.

And let me leave you with…

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2017

Business

And let me leave you with one more weekend read: Business Insider goes in-depth on why Medium's business model isn't lining up with their funding model. And it might cost them the company. I hope they crawl out of it;…

Here’s an insightful interview with John…

Lilyana Yakimova shares that SiteGround’s site…

If you’re a BuddyPress user, make…

Aaron Campbell talks about the difficulties…

JavaScript frameworks in a WordPress context — Draft podcast

Making a living without client work, with Carrie Dils — Draft podcast

K. Adam White is the design…

Automattic has built an importer for…

I stumbled on the “Tozny API”…

BuddyPress 2.8.0 (“San Matteo”) has recently…

2016 was a good year for…

The theme directory disconnect

WeFoster is targeting community-centric WordPress sites with new hosting platform

Running a successful regional agency, with Ben May

Last chance: Come to A Day of REST to learn about the next generation of WordPress

And let me leave you with…

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