WordPress News

A new vertical and sister-site to Post Status, the job board, and two years down

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2017

I went for a double launch, and it's not quite happening. It'll end up being two close launches. I've been in the trenches early this year, strategizing and figuring out where I want to go with my business. I gave…

Shaping a vision of success

Jenny Beaumont

January 19, 2017

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…

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2017

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…

New Year’s resolutions for WordPress developers

Jack Lenox

January 12, 2017

DevelopmentPlanet

It's a new year, and a great time to set some New Year's resolutions as a WordPress developer. Here are some practical tips to up your game working with the WordPress code base.

WP CLI is now under the WordPress umbrella

Brian Krogsgard

January 8, 2017

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

Sami Keijonen

January 7, 2017

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

Brian Krogsgard

January 5, 2017

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.…

What we want from WordPress in 2017, live from Post Status Publish

Brian Krogsgard

December 29, 2016

DraftPlanet

Joe Hoyle and I discuss what we'd like to see in WordPress going forward, and take audience Q&A. This session was recorded at Post Status Publish 2016.

New WordPress.org homepage is “unstuck”

Brian Krogsgard

December 27, 2016

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…

Brian Krogsgard

December 27, 2016

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…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

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…

Robert Rowley has been monitoring insecure…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Security

Robert Rowley has been monitoring insecure WordPress plugins which exposed PHP objects to potential injection on Pagely servers -- and shares how they addressed the issue. There are several interesting takeaways, but I especially liked his note about communicating with…

Hendrik Buchwald has done a fascinating…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Security

Hendrik Buchwald has done a fascinating breakdown of security vulnerabilities in plugins, with analysis of detected vulnerabilities by type and by how many lines of code are in the plugin. Surprisingly, their software didn't pick up vulnerabilities in the "vast…

Yesterday, I analyzed ThemeForest and Envato’s…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

Hosting

Yesterday, I analyzed ThemeForest and Envato's new Hosted program for getting hosting alongside your theme. Vova Feldman has a really interesting blog post that's a good companion to what I wrote, which dives into the financial opportunities that still exist…

We have yet another big hosting…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

Hosting

We have yet another big hosting acquisition: United Internet -- owner of 1 & 1 and more -- has acquired Strato for €600 million. Strato did about €125 million in revenue last year. The current rate of consolidation is pretty…

Stripe Atlas is a program for…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

Business

Stripe Atlas is a program for easily creating a business. It came out a while ago, and I know at least a couple Post Status members have used this already. It can be especially helpful if you're trying to create…