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We have more big hosting news,…

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Brian Krogsgard
Hosting
We have more big hosting news, again from Liquid Web. They've acquired WiredTree, the much beloved VPS service. According to Liquid Web's announcement, WiredTree customers will be migrated to their infrastructure. The post also says Liquid Web has 600 team…

I sent out the first post…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
I sent out the first post and newsletter for my new Commerce Notebook project. If you didn't subscribe, I figured I'd share the Footnotes from that newsletter here, this time. If you are into eCommerce, I hope you'll check out…

WordPress 4.7.2 shipped today with security…

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
WordPress 4.7.2 shipped today with security updates. All three updates require existing administrative access, so don't seem to have a super high risk profile compared to publicly exposed areas. You should've already gotten automatic update notices for your websites --…

Customization opportunities

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Brian Krogsgard
Business
Mel Choyce laid out a slew of customization opportunities for the next several months. Customization is one of three core focus areas, along with the editor and the REST API. She defines the goal for the customizer work as this:…

Editor blocks design is underway

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
The editor blocks concept is being designed. An extremely healthy conversation is happening on Make Design around what the behavior should be, and how people may interact with a block-style editor. I'm really liking the general UI concepts, and most…

Shaping a vision of success

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Jenny Beaumont
Planet
With the next edition of WordCamp Europe on the horizon, Jenny Beaumont finds herself thinking about event growth past and present, and about what success might look like for all of us in this new year.

Plasso is an online subscription service…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
Plasso is an online subscription service that enables payments and membership functionality using the Stripe platform. Tom Mcfarlin wrote about Plasso's recently released plugin and themes for WordPress -- which WordPress veteran Jason Schuller had a hand in. Plasso is…

WP CLI is now under the WordPress umbrella

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Brian Krogsgard
Security
WP CLI is moving under the umbrella of WordPress.org. Matt Mullenweg made the announcement, and in it says he's also, "bringing together a number of companies in the WordPress ecosystem to solidify their financial support of runcommand so that Daniel…

Contributing to Twenty Seventeen

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Sami Keijonen
BusinessDesign
Sami Keijonen shares his experience as a first time contributor to the WordPress default theme building process. He primarily worked within the realm of SVG icons for the Twenty Seventeen theme.

Core focus areas get leads, clarity

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
The three focus areas for WordPress core for 2017 have been assigned leads. The focus areas are replacing the WordPress major release cycle, as described in the State of the Word, and expanded on in my interview with Matt Mullenweg.…

New WordPress.org homepage is “unstuck”

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
The new homepage for WordPress.org is live. It's a working prototype, and I like the way Matt put it on his blog: "What’s on the page today actually isn’t that important, even though it’s better in many ways, the key…

Make WordPress Hosting is the newest…

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Brian Krogsgard
Hosting
Make WordPress Hosting is the newest Make WordPress sub site. Mike Schroder writes that the purpose of the site is so, "individuals with hosting experience can collaborate on best practices and tools for the WordPress community’s benefit." The site is…

After a private beta period, the…

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Brian Krogsgard
Design
After a private beta period, the Cookbook plugin is now available for everyone. It's a commercial recipe plugin by WP Site Care and Feast, and it looks really nice. It's also a good case study in single product marketing design…
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