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News and insights about WordPress and its ecosystem by Post Status staff and contributors for our members and the WordPress community.

Using React with WordPress — Draft podcast

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Katie Richards
Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss plugin and theme language packs, Trac gardening, and using React for WordPress.

A Day of REST — a conference devoted to the WordPress REST API

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Brian Krogsgard
A Day of REST is an event devoted to the WordPress REST API. It'll happen on January 28th 2016, with a follow-on hack day on the 29th, in London. It's an exciting opportunity for developers to learn how to interact with the new WordPress REST API, and Post Status will be an official partner.

Twenty Sixteen is open for hacking

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Brian Krogsgard
Twenty Sixteen is already on Github and WordPress.org. It's not meant for production, but it's available for hacking. It's much further along than I would've anticipated. I'm not sure if it was under development by someone during the design phase…

Showing up at a gold rush with a shovel and a pan

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Brian Krogsgard
I'm a pretty big fan of Dave Pell's NextDraft newsletter (subscribe and read my interview with him and Andrew Norcross!). It's a mix of tech and current events, and today he talked about the bubble in tech. I'll show the quote…

Million dollar products

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Brian Krogsgard
Kyle Neath isn't a fan of Unicorn culture in tech-land. He would like to see more people aim to create what he qualifies as family businesses, and aim for smaller (more niche) customer bases, provide better service, build companies that…

Our WordPress 4.4 wishlist — Draft podcast

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Katie Richards
Post Status Draft is a podcast about WordPress news and events hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week we discuss WordPress 4.3, our 4.4 wishlist features, and the WordPress REST API.

WordPress plugin repo forking policy clarified

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Brian Krogsgard
Mike Epstein clarified a policy for the WordPress.org plugin repo this morning, based on some recent issues that cropped up (likely the Elegant Themes / LeadPages thing yesterday). Basically, GPL-compatible unchanged copies are not allowed as part of an "above and…

Twenty Sixteen gives me a bit of a sour taste

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Brian Krogsgard
Of course we all expected a new default theme soon enough, as the naming scheme demands; I had my money that it would be part of 4.5 early next year. It was announced yesterday with a design proposal complete, and will likely go into…

Doing what I want after 25 years

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Brian Krogsgard
The latest HeroPress essay is by Becky Davis, who describes how she got into web design and development with WordPress after 25 years of doing things for other people and their needs. She finally asked herself what she wanted, went…

WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, released

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Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.3, "Billie", has been released. Billie includes four major user-facing features that most website owners will experience on a semi-regular basis, and many other enhancements, bug fixes, and developer features.

Restaurant Engine sold for “low six figures”

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Brian Krogsgard
Brian Casel has sold Restaurant Engine for a "low six figures" sum. His asking price was $185,000, according to FE International, the site he used as a broker. Restaurant Engine was a very early entrant as a hosted WordPress website provider…

A practical guide to the GPL

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Brian Krogsgard
Richard Best has invested a lot to understanding the GPL, inside and out. He now has an ebook to help guide others on the GPL. Now, in a single place, you can find answers to all manner of issues relating…
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