WordPress News

Setting a web performance budget helps…

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2016

Setting a web performance budget helps affect site performance; they are values you set that should not be exceeded in the design and development of a site. Brian Jackson shows what's involved in putting one together.

A new major version of Gravity Forms…

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2016

Security

A new major version of Gravity Forms (2.0) was recently released. It's a substantial milestone with focuses on new features and enhancements, under the hood improvements, the API, their add-on framework, and enhanced security hardening.

Four questions with Andy Wilkerson, on his UpThemes purchase

Brian Krogsgard

June 17, 2016

BusinessDesign

I did an email based interview with Andy Wilkerson -- owner of Parallelus and acquirer of UpThemes -- to learn more about the decision to purchase the small theme shop. Here it is (I added links where it helps): Why…

How WordPress news happens — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

June 15, 2016

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Sarah and Brian discuss how they do WordPress news, manage working remotely, and handle family life.

Hostadvice, a blog focused on the…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Hosting

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…

Most WordPress websites probably use phpMyAdmin (via hosting…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

HostingSecurity

Most WordPress websites probably use phpMyAdmin (via hosting providers), so it's nice to see that they successfully completed a security audit as part of Mozilla's Secure Open Source Fund. This fund is new to me, and looks like a great initiative.

If you build emails for your…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Business

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…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Business

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…

Timely’s All-In-One Event Calendar had multiple security issues that caused it to be temporarily removed from the repo

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Security

Timely's All-In-One Event Calendar -- which boasts 100,000 active installs -- had multiple security issues that caused it to be temporarily removed from the repo by the plugin security team. There were at least four disclosed issues, some of which…

How Hari Ravichandran built Endurance, the company behind Bluehost, HostGator, and dozens more

Brian Krogsgard

June 13, 2016

BusinessHosting

For all the things I've read about EIG and the portfolio of companies they control, I never knew the backstory. In this Forbes India interview, I learned how Hari Ravichandran spent most of his $8,000 of savings during the .com…

Wordfence is getting into the “forensic”…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2016

Business

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

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2016

Business

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

Katie Richards

May 27, 2016

DraftPlanet

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…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

DesignSecurity

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…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

Design

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…

Brian Krogsgard

May 27, 2016

Business

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…