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What makes some companies in the open source software world different

Brian Krogsgard

October 6, 2015

For a long time, I've debated with myself about what makes some consulting companies get a lot more attention in the open source software world versus others. The key factor, I think, is community engagement -- and I mean engagement…

Weekend edition

Brian Krogsgard

October 4, 2015

Hosting

Friday was a bit slow so I figured I'd wait for a weekend edition. We're going to pack it all into one Note. Jetpack had two vulnerabilities: one in the contact form (technically explained by Sucuri) and one limited to…

How WordPress core development happens — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

October 3, 2015

DraftHosting

This week’s Post Status Draft podcast is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Brad Williams. We talk about the WordPress core development process and term meta.

GoDaddy is highlighting the top trending plugins and themes installed on their servers

Brian Krogsgard

October 1, 2015

Hosting

Well, data is awesome and this is pretty good data. GoDaddy announced what they are calling the Hot 100 that highlights the top 100 trending themes and plugins. The list updates net gains in active installs, so it's a trend measurement, versus…

18F and the United States Digital Service…

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2015

Design

18F and the United States Digital Service (they are different, here's a description) are doing amazing things to advance government web properties. I think it's a pretty non-political statement to say their work could be a lasting legacy item for President…

Rest in peace, Alex King

Brian Krogsgard

September 28, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

Alex King passed away at his home last night, after battling cancer for more than two and a half years. Alex was one of the original WordPress developers, and leaves a lasting legacy and impact on the WordPress community.

WooCommerce was release four years ago.…

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2015

Hosting

WooCommerce was release four years ago. It's amazing. I remember it like it was yesterday. I was paying close attention to JigoShop at the time, and following the saga of WooThemes trying to come up with an eCommerce solution. The…

All about the WordPress REST API and its current state — Draft podcast

Brian Krogsgard

September 25, 2015

DraftPlanet

Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss the WordPress REST API and the recent proposal for it to be merged into WordPress Core.

In depth report on affects to publishers of iOS 9 content blockers

Brian Krogsgard

September 23, 2015

Hosting

10up President & CEO Jake Goldman and 10up Lead Audience & Revenue Strategist have released a report/PDF that discusses, in depth, the impact of ad blocking for publishers. The data is based on some of their own large publishing clients,…

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

Brian Krogsgard

September 23, 2015

Security

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on Product Hunt. There's not a ton you haven't seen, but apparently there's a new WordPress mobile app that's still in "internal" beta. I wonder if it's using the new REST API? I hope it's…

WP Updates sold under non-disclosure, experiences outage

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2015

Business

WP Updates is a SaaS that allows plugin and theme authors to provide automatic updates to their customers. It is a third party distribution system that the author uploads their updated files to and WP Updates sends it to customers.…

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2015

Security

The much anticipated proposal for core inclusion of the WordPress REST API is here. Ryan McCue -- the project lead -- has proposed a draft for the inclusion process that recommends a two stage approach. He recommends that stage one…

Local WordPress development strategies and transparency in business — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

September 19, 2015

BusinessDraft

Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss strategies for working locally, Underscore.js templating, and transparency in WordPress businesses.

Popping the publisher bubble

Brian Krogsgard

September 17, 2015

Business

Ben Thompson does excellent analysis. In his latest post he talks about the big problems facing journalism and publishing online. Here's my favorite part: It is easy to feel sorry for publishers: before the Internet most were swimming in money,…

Consequences of bumping PHP minimums, from a Joomla lead that’s been there

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

There's a mega Trac ticket to, "strategize the updating of minimum PHP version." Joe and I talked about this on the latest podcast too (in the last segment), if you're curious. The Trac ticket goes every which way, as you'd expect.…

iThemes Security is integrating Sucuri malware scanning

Brian Krogsgard

September 15, 2015

Security

iThemes announced today that both their free iThemes Security and their commercial iThemes Security Pro plugins are integrating Sucuri's malware scanning service. The free one is just an opt-in one off option, which is nice but can also be accomplished…

What makes some companies in the open source software world different

Weekend edition

How WordPress core development happens — Draft podcast

GoDaddy is highlighting the top trending plugins and themes installed on their servers

18F and the United States Digital Service…

Rest in peace, Alex King

WooCommerce was release four years ago.…

All about the WordPress REST API and its current state — Draft podcast

In depth report on affects to publishers of iOS 9 content blockers

Matt Mullenweg did an AMA on…

WP Updates sold under non-disclosure, experiences outage

WordPress REST API proposed for core inclusion in two stages

Local WordPress development strategies and transparency in business — Draft podcast

Popping the publisher bubble

Consequences of bumping PHP minimums, from a Joomla lead that’s been there

iThemes Security is integrating Sucuri malware scanning

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