Filling in WP_Query when it doesn’t come back with enough posts
Curtis McHale
Ever need 5 'featured' posts but WP_Query only gives you 2? This tutorial will show you how you can fill in those missing posts.
A refreshed Post Status
Brian Krogsgard
Post Status has been iterating quite a bit over the last six months since it launched. However, not everyone noticed. I'm excited to launch a redesign that reflects the changing purpose that Post Status serves. It started as a link…
WP Daily shuts down
Brian Krogsgard
In an incredibly surprising move, WP Daily has closed its doors. In the 8bit post, John Saddington states, "it did not achieve the much larger global goals and strategy of our organization at this present time."
It’s time to take the WordPress 2013 survey
Brian Krogsgard
The 2013 WordPress survey is now available. I highly recommend that anyone that uses WordPress in any capacity go take it. This survey is enormously helpful for at least three reasons: It helps those that influence the development of WordPress…
Identifying the right time to sell the rights to your commercial plugin
Brian Krogsgard
Daniel Espinoza tells a wonderful, and extremely personal, story of how he decided it was time to sell the rights to his most popular commercial plugins. Daniel shares that he was making $4,000-$5,000 per month of recurring revenue on these…
Show your personality on your website
Brian Krogsgard
As I read this, I just kept nodding in agreement. On The Theme Foundry's blog, Drew Strojny does a great job of expressing why it's important to tell your story with your website. He also gives a few key tips…
iThemes releases Exchange, a WordPress eCommerce plugin
Brian Krogsgard
iThemes has just released Exchange on the WordPress plugin repository. They've been working for some time their new WordPress eCommerce plugin. They opened up a beta for some users about a month ago. A few days ago, I checked it out…
Diversify your conference schedules
Brian Krogsgard
Ben May advocates why WordPress enthusiasts should attend more conferences than just WordCamps. All of his points are worthwhile, but I especially like his note that it makes for a good opportunity to shoot down other web folks' misunderstandings of…
Known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns
Brian Krogsgard
There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things…
Envato announces new theme check guidelines for ThemeForest
Brian Krogsgard
Japh Thomson has made a huge announcement on the Envato Notes blog. Starting in a few weeks, Envato will be enforcing a new theme check process for all WordPress themes to ensure high quality code and WordPress best practices are…
Properly using wp_reset_postdata(), wp_reset_query() and variable naming in queries
Brian Krogsgard
Understanding how to alter the main query and how to create custom queries in WordPress are two essentials for WordPress developers. You should familiarize yourself with a few things right away: What is the WP_Query class, including creating new custom…
Excellent customer service tips
Brian Krogsgard
The Help Scout blog is quickly making its way to being one of my must-reads. In their latest post, they give 20 customer service tips that we can all apply to our businesses. Whether you sell a product, do client…
Get WordPress posts based on date ranges
Curtis McHale
Some things you just can't do with WP_Query like get posts in the last 10 days from today. Here, we show you how to do that by using the posts_where filter.
Disturbing report On WordPress plugin security
Brian Krogsgard
Checkmarx, a company founded in 2006 that specializes in automated security code reviews has published a security vulnerability report on the top 50 plugins on the WordPress plugin repository. As WP Tavern's Jeff Chandler summarizes, more than 20% of the…
WP Revisions Control lets you easily manage revisions to keep by post type
Brian Krogsgard
I love when I run across utility plugins that solve problems I didn't realize I had. Eric Hitter is a super smart developer that works at Automattic. His latest plugin solves a simple but real problem. He's released WP Revisions…
Yoast’s WordPress SEO to offer commercial support and bonus features
Brian Krogsgard
Joost de Valk announced that his insanely popular WordPress SEO plugin is soon going to have commercial support options. He's going to charge $89 / year for a single site, or $349 / year for unlimited sites for support. I've…
