“A Better Planet” fresh news widget for your WordPress dashboard
Brian Krogsgard
I have created a new plugin called “A Better Planet” which is simply a news widget for your WordPress dashboard intended to take the place of the default Planet WordPress feed.
Google wants you to host your WordPress site in their cloud
Brian Krogsgard
Google has added PHP to their App Engine services, enabling PHP based apps to be run in their cloud service. I saw various tweets and articles that noted they specifically made sure WordPress would be able to perform in the…
Prefork pre-loads PHP apps (like WordPress) before serving requests
Brian Krogsgard
Automattic has released a pretty fancy PHP class called Prefork, that enables pre-loading capability to large PHP apps, such as WordPress. This makes it so that WordPress doesn't have to completely reload itself every time you load the page. It's…
Automattic’s new office is swanky
Brian Krogsgard
This is the first inside-look of Automattic's new office I've seen, and the place is amazing. Thanks Peter Slutsky for sharing these. I mean, wow.
Don’t hide the fact that you’re using WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
There are quite a few blog posts, plugins and hacks suggesting to hide the WordPress version number, or hide the overall fact that you’re using WordPress. Don’t do it — it’s pretty useless.
Coda plugins for WordPress
Curtis McHale
If you use Coda, here are a few good plugins that make WordPress development just a bit better.
FooPlugins.com WordPress plugin marketplace vendor program
Brian Krogsgard
FooPlugins aims to be an improvement on existing marketplaces and to service not only the end user, but also the many talented WordPress plugin developers in a way that no other marketplace has been able (or willing) to do before.
Watch those hook priorities
Curtis McHale
Knowing hook priorities is important. Here is a simple example to show you why it's important.
Non-destructive customisation of WordPress themes using a child theme
Brian Krogsgard
Similar to how Photoshop allows you to edit images using adjustment layers without altering the original image, you can use the same concept when customizing WordPress themes. Non-destructive customization has the advantage of being able to revert changes and keep…
Taxonomy vs Post Meta Queries
Curtis McHale
Ever wonder exactly why taxonomy queries are faster than post meta?
Working Freelance one on, three off
Curtis McHale
Interesting perspective on how to stop juggling many client projects at a time. I know it's been tiring me out.
President Obama visits WP Engine’s office
Brian Krogsgard
Well, consider me jealous. During his trip to Austin, Texas last week, President Obama made a stop at the Capital Factory offices. He visited with the companies that work there, including WP Engine. Obama's visit was to promote job creation,…
Five minutes with Philip Arthur Moore
Brian Krogsgard
Philip is the Team Lead for Automattic's Theme Team, and he's the focus of WordPress.com's "Five Minutes with" series this week. I personally admire the work that Philip does, and it's a pleasure to get to know him a little…
Tips for a better user interface
Brian Krogsgard
GoodUI is a simple website that attempts to educate visitors on how to create good user interfaces. The tips are practical and easy to apply to a variety of mediums.
Redesigning the WordPress Post Editor
Brian Krogsgard
Inspired by Ghost, I have put some thought into the WordPress Post Editor and what I would do to improve it. This blog post outlines my thought process, and shows the outcome of those thoughts. Would love to get some…
