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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.

How long does it take to master WordPress?

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Brian Krogsgard
Tom McFarlin received an email asking him how long it would take to master WordPress. Tom's answer is fantastic. I do have something in addition to what Tom said to keep in mind as you are on your journey (note…

Simple Google Maps for WordPress

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Brian Krogsgard
Recently, a friend asked me what I recommended for a super simple Google Maps plugin. I didn't have a good answer. Plugins I'd seen were either just widgets, or had too much going on. Somehow I had overlooked Pippin Williamson's…

Ghost has launched to the public

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Brian Krogsgard
I know it's not the WordPress platform, but it should be of interest to WordPress people. Much of the buzz around Ghost centers around it being an alternative to WordPress for blogging. Well, Ghost's source code is now public on…

Good decisions, else options

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Brian Krogsgard
Joen Asmussen is a designer for Automattic, and he's responsible for much of the look of WordPress.com's home page and for the Twenty Thirteen theme. In this post, he warns about using the Decision Not Options mantra of WordPress as…

Personal note: I’m joining Range

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Brian Krogsgard
I'm happy to say I'm joining Range as a Junior Partner. You can read more details on my personal blog and the Range announcement post. I officially start with them at the end of the month. The career change doesn't…

Parent to child post relationships

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Brian Krogsgard
Justin Tadlock has another nice tutorial out where he guides you in the relatively simple function that adds a metabox to a post screen to be able to assign a post parent from another post type. This is highly useful…

Plugin to report content for moderation in bbPress

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Brian Krogsgard
Chris Coyier commissioned Josh Eaton to build a WordPress plugin that allows bbPress logged in users to report topics and replies as spam. Once reported, the content gets a new status and moderators can choose whether to allow it or…

WP Engine rebrands and restructures

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Brian Krogsgard
Few brands in tech have skyrocketed in exposure like WP Engine in the past couple of years. WP Engine has experienced massive growth, and they are showing signs of acting very much like a grown up company. Rebranding WP Engine…

A WordPress podcast, one year in

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Brian Krogsgard
Matt Medeiros reflects on the past year of running the Matt Report, a podcast about WordPress businesses and entrepreneurs. It's one of my favorites. He also talks a bit about his opinions on the state of podcasting in general, with…
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