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A Day of REST is going to Boston

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Brian Krogsgard
The second A Day of REST conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts. The event will cover the WordPress REST API in-depth, with talks and workshops from leaders in the community. It will be co-organized by Human Made and Post Status.

Managed WordPress hosting provider FlyWheel has…

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Managed WordPress hosting provider FlyWheel has raised a $4 million Series A round. They last raised $1.2 million over a year ago. The TechCrunch article states that FlyWheel has about 40,000 paying customers.

Medium is releasing “Medium for Publishers”…

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Medium is releasing "Medium for Publishers" which provides publishers a "free CMS", a standalone URL, ability to host promoted posts, and paid memberships functionality. It's being branded by some as a WordPress competitor, which is ridiculous. With Medium, you are still…

If you’re someone who designs emails…

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If you're someone who designs emails or just appreciates a good email design when they see it, then you might want to check out the latest in a "best of email" post from Jason Rodriguez. I mean, who doesn't appreciate…

If you have grumbles about the…

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If you have grumbles about the WordPress.org plugin repo in terms of its design and user experience, you might want to check out some wireframes recently done by the plugin team. So far, I like the general way things are…

The aftermath of the Panama Papers…

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The aftermath of the Panama Papers is going to be happening for a long time, but a few sources that are trying to figure how exactly the link happened have been recently mentioning a three-year old install of Drupal. A…

WPTavern has some excellent thoughts on…

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WPTavern has some excellent thoughts on communication, especially when it comes to developers informing their users about the status of their projects. Developers give little thought to how they would handle emergencies -- such a security breach -- until it…

From “Feature Plugins” to “Feature Projects”

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Brian Krogsgard
I've been looking forward to a post like this. Helen Hou-Sandí has written about an evolution of the feature plugin model. Over the last two and a half years, we’ve had successful feature plugins that were merged into core, efforts…

WordPress and SaaS — Draft podcast

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Katie Richards
Joe and Brian discuss WordPress in the context of SaaS — or Software as a Service. They dig into WordPress as a tool for a SaaS within another industry, as well as WordPress-centric tools with SaaS based business models.

The WordPress design team is looking…

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The WordPress design team is looking for feedback, which is part of the early exploratory research for revisions to the Plugin Directory. If you have ever used an app store or installed an extension in any major browser... they would…

GoDaddy targets Digital Ocean with new cloud infrastructure

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Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy is targeting products by companies like Digital Ocean and Amazon with their new by-the-hour Cloud Services and Apps project. The pricing is pretty much a direct mirror of Digital Ocean's right now (starts at $5 per month), and they…

WordPress Hosting — Draft podcast

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Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk all about WordPress hosting, including the different types of hosting that are available, our technical preferences, and some of the non-technical issues that surround hosting in the WordPress world.

Dates for CaboPress have been announced.…

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Dates for CaboPress have been announced. The event is happening on November 14th - 17th in Los Cabos, Mexico and according to event organizer Chris Lema only 20-30 spots are available. CaboPress is a unique WordPress event not only in…

Yet another survey for the WordPress recommended hosting page

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Brian Krogsgard
In discussing the Pressable story, a few folks have asked me about the WordPress recommended hosting page, and if Automattic's ownership of Pressable will affect that page. The answer is that I don't think so, but I don't know for sure. However,…
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