WordPress News

If you have grumbles about the…

April 8, 2016

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…

April 8, 2016

Security

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…

The WordPress Community Team quarterly report…

April 8, 2016

WordPress Community

The WordPress Community Team quarterly report is out, and reports 4,500 tickets from 9 WordCamps (with Miami topping the list with 1300+ tickets). Andrea reports that WordCamp applications coming in at an average rate of 13 per month -- and…

WordPress Questions & Answers — Draft podcast

Brian Krogsgard

April 1, 2016

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Joe and Brian answer listeners' WordPress questions, from topics like Multisite, to understanding taxonomies versus posts, the state of the WordPress importer, and more.

WPTavern has some excellent thoughts on…

March 31, 2016

Security

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”

Brian Krogsgard

March 31, 2016

Design

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

Katie Richards

March 26, 2016

DraftPlanet

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…

March 21, 2016

Design

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 21, 2016

Business

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

Brian Krogsgard

March 18, 2016

DraftHosting

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.…

March 15, 2016

Business

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.