WordPress & Google Summer of Code 2013
Brian Krogsgard
Initial plans for applying to Google's Summer of Code (GSoC) are coming together on the Make Core blog. It's a good opportunity to mentor someone if you've got the chops.
What makes meeting people in person so worthwhile
Brian Krogsgard
John Saddington writes on Tentblogger just what makes it so special to meet someone in person that you know online. It gives you an opportunity to view them in a whole new way. It's great to then be able to…
Increased plugin sales by 4x in two and a half months
Brian Krogsgard
Thomas Griffin is in the midst of transitioning his mindset from that of a developer to that of a marketer. In his most recent post, he describes some relatively simple methods he used to sell his plugin at four times…
WordCamp Internet
Brian Krogsgard
I had a thought after seeing Brian's tweet about his #WCATL presentation: "I wish that I could get all these cool WP peeps together & do some kind of WordCamp where we could all meet each other in person." Seeing…
Rethinking the WordPress Admin
Brian Krogsgard
Aside from all the flexibility WordPress gives us for warping and bending it to our will, the static nature of the admin really grinds my gears. There's been some progress on better admin styles and even some very impressive iterations…
WordPress development with Vagrant
Brian Krogsgard
Jeremy Felt is the Director of Web Engineering at 10up, and he's written on his personal blog about evolving your WordPress development by using Vagrant. It's a great read if you are new or unaware to the practice.
Orbtr: WordPress based marketing plugin
Brian Krogsgard
The folks at Orbtr launched their new plugin this weekend at WordCamp Atlanta. I spoke with them for a while, and I think their product is promising. Imagine it as a Hubspot-esque product, but all within the WordPress dashboard. It handles email…
Threads: A new take on post series archives
Brian Krogsgard
Threads is a plugin newly released from Alex King that puts a new take on displaying a post series. It formats posts into a timeline that could work quite well for certain types of content.
WP Test: Library of tests for themes and plugins
Brian Krogsgard
Michael Novotny launched a new project called WP Test this morning during his talk at WordCamp Atlanta. It's an importable set of test data for plugins and themes. Looks very interesting, and I'm excited to check it out soon.
Pressgram: An Open Source Inspired Instagram Alternative
John Saddington
I'm trying to kickstart this app. Would love your help and your thoughts on how to make it awesome!
WordPress theme development options
Brian Krogsgard
Here's a pretty good post on Smashing Magazine that offers an overview of various development options when you're getting started with theme development. However, I wish the author would've given more attention to forkable themes like _s.
Joost de Valk releases local SEO plugin
Brian Krogsgard
Joost de Valk has released a local SEO extension for his WordPress SEO plugin. This marks the second commercial extension for WordPress SEO, after the Video one released recently.
Allowing Registered Users to Save Posts – Part 1
Curtis McHale
In the first part of our series we take a look at user roles and capabilities as we start to build our plugin.
WordPress 3.6 Beta 1 to be slightly delayed
Brian Krogsgard
Mark Jaquith has outlined a revised plan for releasing 3.6 that's very pragmatic and I think a good move. Beta 1 is going to be delayed two weeks, and the final release around one week, so that the various stages…
Should Automattic switch to Drupal?
Brian Krogsgard
Haha. I can't even type that title seriously. Matt Mullenweg got a pretty hilarious email telling him perhaps he should consider switching Automattic properties to Drupal. Better get ready.
Fundify lets you self host a kickstarter style campaign
Brian Krogsgard
Fundify is an interesting take on a WordPress theme and plugin. Developed by Appthemer, it allows you to create your own Kickstarter or IndieGoGo style crowdfunding campaigns. It integrates Easy Digital Downloads for sales, and t's available on Themeforest for…
