WordPress News

Revenue per employee

Brian Krogsgard

February 13, 2015

It's always fun to think about how much money others are making in the WordPress world. We want to know what business models are working, what business models aren't working, and generally get an idea how successful various commercial properties…

The WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

February 11, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

The WordPress REST API is a huge initiative and feature plugin being developed for the core WordPress project. But it can be a bit confusing if you don't know much about it yet. Let's discuss what this project is, why it's important, and how to get involved.

I peaked across the fence at hosted Joomla, then ran home

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2015

Hosting

Joomla.com launched as a hosted version of the Joomla! CMS. I was interested because my host (SiteGround) had blogged about how they built the hosting platform for the new Joomla.com site. The tech is neat, as is the fact that…

Starting a mastermind

Brian Krogsgard

February 9, 2015

Business

Today, I had my first meeting with my new (and first ever) mastermind group. Not heard of a mastermind? It's typically a small group of individuals connected by at least some common thread, where the group meets periodically to discuss…

WordPress lead developer changes

Brian Krogsgard

February 4, 2015

Make WordPressPlanet

Yesterday and today there has been some significant news for the WordPress project. We now have two new lead developers, and two long-time leads are stepping down after outstanding tenures assisting with steering the ship.

Matt Mullenweg on profits and losses

Brian Krogsgard

February 3, 2015

Business

Matt Mullenweg has written a rare bit of in-depth insight to decision making at Automattic. The framework for his post is for balancing advice from advisors with the goals of the company, and how those things aren't always on the…

New journalism

Brian Krogsgard

February 2, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Bloggers and journalists are experimenting with new models of monetization and independent publishing. One of the pioneers of subscription-based independent blog-based journalism just called it quits, but we should still laud his pioneering effort, not call blogging dead (again).

Licensing matters

Brian Krogsgard

January 28, 2015

Security

There's a popular WordPress vulnerability scanner called WPScan. To validate its popularity: it has over 1,800 commits, 750 stars, and 165 forks on Github. The scanner is used by a lot of security folks, as well as other service and…

WooCommerce is going after photography

Brian Krogsgard

January 27, 2015

BusinessPlanet

WooThemes announced a new product today, aimed at selling photography with WooCommerce. This is a good first step, and I'm excited to see an eCommerce product target the photography super-niche. That said, there is a ton of room in this market, and WordPress isn't really solving photographers' problems yet.

Another Sucuri “responsible disclosure” postmortem

Brian Krogsgard

January 27, 2015

Business

James Giroux manages operations at PageLines. Last week, they were notified of a vulnerability by Sucuri, and he went through the rigmarole most of us are familiar with of juggling responsible disclosure and implementing a fix. James did a postmortem on…

Anyone can change

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2015

Business

Update: Change is hard. I wrote this 20 months ago, but after seeing some of the responses on social media to my article on GoDaddy acquiring ManageWP, I was surprised that GoDaddy's changes as a company haven't been more widely recognized.…

I ripped off PressNomics

Brian Krogsgard

January 26, 2015

Business

Fresh and rested after PressNomics, today I'm reflecting on the WordPress business event that's made such a name for itself. After finally making it myself, on its third iteration, I can tell you that I now know what all the fuss is about. Here are just a few of my takeaways.

Let’s Grow: Introducing the Post Status Membership Club

Brian Krogsgard

January 21, 2015

BusinessDesign

Today marks two years since I launched Post Status. It's been an incredible two years. Today, I'm thrilled to announce that the Post Status Membership Club is open.

What to expect from PressNomics

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2015

BusinessHosting

PressNomics is this week. Here's a preview of some of the things I'm looking forward to. I can't wait to hang out with those of you going!

Ideas for small improvements to the new Distraction-Free Writing

Brian Krogsgard

January 17, 2015

DesignMake WordPress

Distraction-Free Writing in WordPress changed in 4.1. It's now an extension of the regular post editor, and it's had some critics and resistance (like all new WordPress features). I took some of the complaints to see if they could be integrated into the DFW editor to make the feature better.

A small Medium experiment

Brian Krogsgard

January 16, 2015

DesignPlanet

I wrote my first post on Medium today. I wanted to see what the hype is about (late to the party, I know), and compare it to what I know and love about publishing with WordPress.