WordPress News

News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

Hostadvice, a blog focused on the…

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Brian Krogsgard
Hostadvice, a blog focused on the hosting industry, has an interview with Tenko Nikolov - CEO of SiteGround. It's nice insight to the leader of one of the more popular hosting companies that caters to WordPress. SiteGround is 12 years old, which may…

If you build emails for your…

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Brian Krogsgard
If you build emails for your business or for clients, then it might be worth it for you to review these "email trends" of 2016. I don't think there's anything on this list that is new or life-changing, but there…

Hacked sites are never fun, and reading…

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Brian Krogsgard
Hacked sites are never fun, and reading tales like this one from Tim Butler gives great insight as to how hackers gain access, since it seems the ways are limitless. In this case, I enjoyed how Tim was able to locate…

Wordfence is getting into the “forensic”…

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Brian Krogsgard
Wordfence is getting into the "forensic" and malware cleaning business for WordPress sites. The service is a pretty logical extension of the plugin, and they're charging $179 to clean sites, or $120 for Wordfence Pro customers.

JavaScript for WP course update and enrollment details

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Brian Krogsgard
If you have been interested in the JavaScript for WP course, administered by Zac Gordon, then now is the time to sign up. The course has been under development for several months, and is now available for registration. The course…

WordPress.org — Draft podcast

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Katie Richards
Joe and Brian discuss the structure and function of the WordPress.org website, which is the hub of the WordPress project. From who owns the website to its many moving parts, they go through it bit by bit.

The new iThemes security dashboard looks…

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Brian Krogsgard
The new iThemes security dashboard looks slick. It's nice that everything is one page. I'm always pleased when screens and user experiences are tweaked as products (and their features) get more numerous and more complex. The new design looks like it…

We have creative directors and design…

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Brian Krogsgard
We have creative directors and design directors, but seemingly no "front-end directors". Jeffrey Zeldman thinks that we maybe should, and proceeds to deliver his case.

The latest episode of the Apply Filters…

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Brian Krogsgard
The latest episode of the Apply Filters podcast has a nice interview with Devin Walker, and they discuss the Github announcement on pricing. Speaking of podcasts, it's a new season of the Matt Report and Matt has a great chat with Mike…

If you run a SaaS business…

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Brian Krogsgard
If you run a SaaS business (or want to), then you might want to bookmark this in-depth post from Jason Cohen, founder of WPEngine. I could say it discusses the cancellation rate in SaaS business models, but I don't think…
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