Drupal and WordPress have sold us out
Brian Krogsgard
Kevin Ohashi dives into the hosting recommendations from both Drupal and WordPress, calling them out as false and with little-disclosed intentions.
WordPress to be bundled in Jetpack with mission to power 50% of the web
Brian Krogsgard
WordPress co-founder and Jetpack enthusiast Matt Mullenweg has announced that WordPress is to be bundled in future versions of Jetpack as a module, to fulfill Matt's mission to power 50% of the web.
How StoryCorps uses WordPress to enable storytelling everywhere
Brian Krogsgard
StoryCorps.me enables anyone to create and share powerful stories. Just launched as an iOS and Android app, the website that provides the app infrastructure is built on WordPress, utilizing the WordPress REST API. Here's how StoryCorps.me came to be.
Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service
Brian Krogsgard
Andrew Nacin now works at the U.S. Digital Service, the federal government service that aims to "redefine public service for a new generation." Nacin continues his role as WordPress lead developer, but is stepping back from working on the project full time.
WordPress News with Julie Kuehl
Brian Krogsgard
Julie Kuehl and I cover the week in WordPress news with a short format (15 minute) podcast. The Excerpt is part of the Draft podcast, and will be balanced by long form interviews. This week we talk about Shiny Installs, host growth, finding your place, and the REST API.
Redesign versus realign
Brian Krogsgard
Nathan Barry discusses the benefits of simple "realignments" in website design versus (potentially) unnecessary full redesigns. That’s something I’ve heard a lot: if something isn’t good enough, it’s time to redo it. Sometimes that’s necessary, but more often you should…
WP Engine and Pagely taking different routes but both are growing
Brian Krogsgard
WP Engine and Pagely both had announcements on growth today. WP Engine announced that they raised $23 million dollars to enable them to hire faster and expand their product base. When I covered them as in late 2013, they were…
Happytables 3 is taking on Squarespace and Wix for restaurant websites with a brand new platform
Brian Krogsgard
The new Happytables is a slick setup, and they've invested more time and energy into a hosted WordPress solution than perhaps anyone but Automattic on WordPress.com. The difference here is they are going after a niche, and it's a huge one with a big need: restaurants.
WordPress News with Brian Richards
Brian Krogsgard
Brian Richards and I cover the week in WordPress news with a new short format (15 minute) podcast. The Excerpt is part of the Draft podcast, and will be balanced by long form interviews.
Understanding WordPress security vulnerabilities
Brian Krogsgard
Daniel Cid has a good post on Sucuri that describes how they look at WordPress plugin vulnerabilities. Contrary to popular belief, just because you hear “SQL Injection”, it doesn’t mean someone can actually hack your site. The real problem comes…
Running a successful membership site in real life, with Jonathan Williamson
Brian Krogsgard
This interview is with Jonathan Williamson, co-founder of CGCookie. He’s going to talk to us about running a real world membership website on WordPress. Jonathan is Pippin Williamson's twin brother, and he has years of experience running membership websites. There is much that we can learn from him.
The results of a $50,000 redesign
Brian Krogsgard
This isn't WordPress-specific, but Andrew Youderian wrote an outstanding case study of his company's $50,000 redesign. The redesign is for an eCommerce company and includes more than just the website design -- it's branding, migration from Magento to Shopify, and…
Yoast SEO vulnerability, disclosure, and forced upgrade
Brian Krogsgard
Yoast released a new version of the WordPress SEO plugin in the last 24 hours, which fixes a blind SQL injection vulnerability. According to a post mortem by Joost de Valk, the bug wasn't caught in security audits, but was…
New theme page has caused a large drop in referrals for commercial shops
Brian Krogsgard
The new WordPress.org commercial theme page -- which was launched just a couple of weeks ago -- seems to have greatly reduced the number of referrals to commercial theme shops. Many commercial theme providers featured on WordPress.org are noting 80%+…
Micro and niche conferences abound
Brian Krogsgard
There have been many announcements of late for micro and niche conferences. This is a steady occurrence these days, which I'm happy to see, but it's not easy to keep up with it all. I'm even considering a calendar of…
