Programming and extending grace
Curtis McHale
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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.
“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.
