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A reminder of the many features of Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2013

Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin recently got a bad rap on another blog. In the end, the problem wasn't with the plugin, but with the fact that a person can't provide support for free forever. I also think the problem is…

MeetWP is a new online WordPress meetup

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2013

WordPress News

MeetWP is launching in a few short days. MeetWP is an online WordPress Meetup with WordCamp/Meetup style presentations presented like a podcast. The site will include a chat and other features for social interactions. The first guest will be BuddyPress…

How Lift is taking WordPress to the Emmy’s

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

DesignSecurity

Lift is a WordPress-powered product, design and consultancy business. I've been following Chris Wallace, a Partner at Lift, for a long time. I've always known they do a lot of work for television and other interactive media, and this morning…

Contribute to core by scratching your own itch: an interview with Scott Taylor

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

Make WordPressWordPress News

I'm obsessed with the interview series on Code Poet. The latest with core contributor Scott Taylor is one of my favorites to date. Scott is a developer at The New York Times, and formerly with eMusic. He brings a wealth…

WordPress podcast WPWaterCooler passes 2.5 million downloads

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

WordPress News

What is this, podcast week? I talked about my favorite podcasts earlier this week, and I've seen tons of new information and debate about podcasts in the WordPress community since then. Last night, I read from Chris Lema about the…

How to create a podcast with WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

WordPress News

Jason Tucker knows a thing or two about WordPress, podcasts, and media. In this writeup, he gives a thorough walkthrough of creating and distributing a podcast with WordPress. With various podcasts I've set up for client work, my process is…

The problem with almost all hosting reviews

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

Hosting

Ryan Sullivan exposes the sad truth about most hosting reviews on his WP Site Care blog. Frankly, few are truly genuine or considerate of various potential needs customers may have. I could not agree more with his post. Sure, there…

The best things in life are not drag-and-drop

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

WordPress News

How many people build their own house? A few. How many people build their own car? Even less. How many people build anything for themselves anymore? Not many. So we must ask ourselves, will the web really be a better…

Why taxonomy queries are faster than post meta queries

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2013

Development

I missed this when it published in March, but Taylor Lovett does a nice job explaining why taxonomy queries tend to be faster than post meta queries in WordPress. So, next time you're trying to decide whether to make some…

Jigoshop announces hosted “Pro” eCommerce partnership

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Business

Jigoshop, a popular WordPress eCommerce plugin, has announced a partnership with Proxar IT Consulting, that offers a managed and hosted eCommerce platform for serious eCommerce customers. The plan levels are £300 for Silver, £500 per month for Gold, or a custom quote…

A series on the WordPress HTTP API

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Development

I always get excited when Tom McFarlin starts a new series on wpTuts+. His latest is going to take a look at the WordPress HTTP API, and his first post is up with an introduction to wp_remote_get(). Tom is one…

BuddyPress 1.8 ships with fancy template hierarchy and better theme integration

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

WordPress News

BuddyPress 1.8 has officially shipped with the codename, "Di Fara". BuddyPress has a much smaller user base than the main WordPress project, but they are passionate users and developers. The newest release continues the trend of reducing barriers between WordPress…

Official WordPress job board is back open, seeks moderators

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Careers

The official WordPress job board is back open. It was down for a while as the primary moderator stepped down. According to a post on the Make WordPress Meta blog by Siobhan McKeown, they are now seeking a few moderators with…

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Summer edition)

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Careers

This is the third “Who’s hiring” post, and the last two were very successful. I know of a few people that got full time jobs and contract work based on conversations started from those posts. I consistently find people looking…

Learn three filters a day for 365 days

Curtis McHale

July 17, 2013

Development

Drew Jaynes hast started a new website called Filters of the Day with the goal of documenting 3 filters a day for the next 365 days. I'm sure this will be a great opportunity for us to learn more about…

CrowdFavorite releases Ruby gem for WordPress deployment with Capistrano

Brian Krogsgard

July 17, 2013

Development

CrowdFavorite has officially released a Ruby gem that they've been using for some time that allows for deploying WordPress sites with Capistrano. They talk about how it's different from Mark Jaquith's WP-Stack, which you may have heard of, in the…

A reminder of the many features of Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin

MeetWP is a new online WordPress meetup

How Lift is taking WordPress to the Emmy’s

Contribute to core by scratching your own itch: an interview with Scott Taylor

WordPress podcast WPWaterCooler passes 2.5 million downloads

How to create a podcast with WordPress

The problem with almost all hosting reviews

The best things in life are not drag-and-drop

Why taxonomy queries are faster than post meta queries

Jigoshop announces hosted “Pro” eCommerce partnership

A series on the WordPress HTTP API

BuddyPress 1.8 ships with fancy template hierarchy and better theme integration

Official WordPress job board is back open, seeks moderators

Who’s hiring in WordPress? (Summer edition)

Learn three filters a day for 365 days

CrowdFavorite releases Ruby gem for WordPress deployment with Capistrano

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