WordPress News

Dates for CaboPress have been announced.…

March 15, 2016

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

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,…

Review Signal has changed the algorithm…

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

Review Signal has changed the algorithm used to rank web hosts. A number of hosts were affected, and I thought you may like to see how. I believe Kevin does a terrific job with this site and it's the only…

Jetpack is building an onboarding plugin to alter the new WordPress user experience

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress "Welcome" screen in the dashboard with a step by step onboarding process. Right now there are four steps for setting up a basic site: The repo…

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2016

BusinessHosting

Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther's shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.

The Jorbin Test

Aaron Jorbin

March 4, 2016

BusinessCareers

The Joel Test has largely stood the test of time, yet there isn't a WordPress specific version to help WordPress developers judge job opportunities. The Jorbin Test is the Joel Test, updated for the WordPress engineers of today.

Plugin repo and frameworks

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2016

Hosting

There's a newly clarified policy on Make Plugins from Mika Epstein where she says that developer frameworks are no longer going to be approved for the plugin repo. Plugins like CMB2, Advanced Custom Fields and others that may be dependencies of other…

Mandrill ditches free plans, stacks onto paid Mailchimp

Brian Krogsgard

February 26, 2016

Business

Most of you know this by now, as it's been all over the web and a hot topic in Slack, but Mailchimp is ditching free Mandrill plans for transactional emails, and stacking Mandrill onto paid Mailchimp plans. But even if…

Linode has finally followed up after…

February 24, 2016

Security

Linode has finally followed up after their security brew-ha-ha that you may remember affected WP Engine not long ago. It doesn't say a ton and follows a pretty standard follow-up / PR script, but it's at least some closure for…

Rainmaker Digital passes $12 million in revenue, 60+ employees

Brian Krogsgard

February 24, 2016

Business

Rainmaker Digital is the newish name of the formerly known Copyblogger Media. Brian Clark recently did an interview with Andrew Warner of Mixergy, where he discussed the state of the business, where things are going, and what to expect. It was…

All things HTTP/2 and HTTPS — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

February 20, 2016

DraftPlanet

Joe and Brian talk about HTTPS and HTTP/2, including what they are, what it means, and how they affect WordPress.

Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2016

Hosting

There is really only one existing WordPress integration for Facebook Instant Articles. It is from Jack Spurlock, a developer at WIRED. Facebook has a limited spec for supporting Instant Articles, which at a base level can just use RSS, but deeper integrations would…

WordPress in the Enterprise — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

February 13, 2016

DraftPlanet

Today, Joe and Brian discuss WordPress in the enterprise, the role WordPress currently plays in big company technology stacks, and what opportunities exist.

Mason James doesn’t like the term…

February 12, 2016

Business

Mason James doesn't like the term "maintenance", which may come as a surprise considering many folks lump his company, Valet (formerly WP Valet) into a group of "maintenance service" agencies. Maintenance is a completely inadequate and backwards approach to running…

WordFence is spreading the word about…

February 12, 2016

Security

WordFence is spreading the word about three different plugins with security vulnerabilities they've found exploited in the wild. WooCommerce Store Toolkit (not publicly available, patched, but will need updating) WordPress User Meta Manager (on .org, blind SQL injection vulnerability) WP…

A few (surprisingly good) things I have recently learned about PayPal

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2016

Business

PayPal is one of those companies people love to hate. I know I do. But sometimes, PayPal shows how good it can be. And in some ways -- please don't hate me for saying this -- PayPal has some WordPress-y-ness…