WordPress News

Without a plugin? The functions.php myth.

Brian Krogsgard

May 30, 2013

There's a wide spread digital myth in the WordPress microverse about the functions.php file and that it's a code snippet container. This post tries to explain why people are misusing this file, shows alternatives and explains step by step how…

Programming and extending grace

Curtis McHale

May 28, 2013

WordPress News

Learning to become a programmer is a much more hostile environment than learning to become a writer on the web.

WordPress 10th anniversary roundup

Brian Krogsgard

May 28, 2013

WordPress News

WP Daily has a nice collection of WordPress 10th anniversary cakes and blog posts from this weekend. It's a tremendous achievement what WordPress has made possible in the last ten years, and I look forward to many years to come.…

Tiger Global invests $50 million in Automattic secondary stock

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Automattic has been making pretty good money for some time. But in order to help early investors lock in returns, they've partnered with Tiger Global for an $50 million investment of Automattic secondary stock. It's not the same as raising…

The biggest WordPress events of the year are just around the corner

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

BusinessWordPress News

[caption id="attachment_3250" align="aligncenter" width="752"] Photo via WordCamp Denver[/caption] WordCamp San Francisco, WordCamp Europe, and Pressnomics are all gearing up. But even if you can't make one of these, don't be disappointed, there is likely an event near you as well.…

Logging wp_mail during development with WP_Logging

Curtis McHale

May 24, 2013

Development

It sucks when you accidentally email all your users from a development site. Well, let's get all output from wp_mail logged during development.

Plugin review: Spam Free WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Some people were discussing Spam Free WordPress on Twitter. I took a look at the code and came to the conclusion that there are just too many red flags in the plugin for anyone to recommend it. Read the full…

Weekly pricing for web development

Curtis McHale

May 24, 2013

Business

Weekly pricing is a great way to keep an even cashflow for businesses, but it's also great for clients.

How to become the “Big Brother” of your own WordPress site with Activity Log

Brian Krogsgard

May 24, 2013

WordPress News

Do clients constantly let you down by deactivating plugins, removing crucial pages or installing new, half-shady plugins? This plugin will aid you with all you need to put the finger on the cause of the issue.

Welcome to the deep end, noob.

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2013

WordPress News

Hell yeah. Reid Peifer nails it.

“A Better Planet” fresh news widget for your WordPress dashboard

Brian Krogsgard

May 17, 2013

WordPress News

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

May 17, 2013

HostingWordPress News

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

May 17, 2013

WordPress News

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

May 15, 2013

WordPress News

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

May 15, 2013

WordPress News

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.