The hosting world is a wild…
Brian Krogsgard
The hosting world is a wild and scary place, and Kevin Ohashi, of Review Signal, takes you behind the scenes of what it's like being pitched by "slimy" hosts.
Follow-up on Server Pilot
Brian Krogsgard
I talked to Justin Samuel, the CEO of Server Pilot, on the phone today, to do a bit of follow-up after my last post. I'm still intrigued by Server Pilot, which I see as unique in our space right now,…
WordPress Development Tools — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
This week, Joe and Brian discuss the tools they use for web and WordPress development. They go from productivity apps that help them accomplish their work to IDEs to build tools to version control.
It’s nice to see Sucuri is…
It's nice to see Sucuri is offering SSL certificates to their customers at no charge with LetsEncrypt. With WordPress.com adopting SSL everywhere and ways you can currently installing a LetsEncrypt SSL on hosts like SiteGround, DreamHost, and Bluehost, I'm wondering…
Server Pilot on top of Digital Ocean
Brian Krogsgard
This afternoon, I spent a few minutes playing with Server Pilot, after seeing is mentioned in Slack for at least the fifth time. Server Pilot offers a control panel and an API for managing WordPress installs on top of Digital…
WordPress 4.5 — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
Joe and Brian talk about the release and features of WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”. They also discuss the earliest stages of WordPress 4.6 -- no rest for the wicked.
You might have heard the story of how someone accidentally…
You might have heard the story of how someone accidentally deleted his entire hosting customers' websites (1500+ customers). Last night I accidentally ran, on all servers, a Bash script with a rm -rf {foo}/{bar} with those variables undefined due to a bug in the…
Weekend listening: The A16Z podcast talked…
Weekend listening: The A16Z podcast talked about open source business models in a short episode the other day. Automattic isn't mentioned, but the conversation around investing in community influencers, winning over developers, and building out a sales team is pretty…
Shared hosting is hard, and EIG owns a lot of shared hosting companies
Brian Krogsgard
Chris Lema recently shared his opinion on some hosting companies to avoid. Spoiler: generally he doesn't care for hosting companies owned by EIG. You've probably never even heard of many of the companies in the list -- though you've probably all heard of…
Managing products is about focus
Brian Krogsgard
I have to hand it to Jeff Chandler, he's pretty good at raising a ruckus when he's annoyed with a plugin. Yesterday, I guess he reached his boiling point with Edit Flow, the quasi-abandoned plugin by Automattic for managing an…
Understanding reference transactions and PayPal
Brian Krogsgard
During my WooConf talk, I discussed a little bit about PayPal, why it's useful as an eCommerce checkout option, and why site owners with subscriptions need Reference Transactions enabled. The common question after that was: what they heck are Reference Transactions?…
WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”, released
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress 4.5, "Coleman", has just been released. The release includes new inline editing features, custom logo support, customizer enhancements, and some under the hood changes that you'll like.
A Day of REST is going to Boston
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…
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”…
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…
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…
