WordPress News

WooCommerce 2.0 released

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2013

I use WooCommerce quite a bit, and today their big 2.0 update was released. There are many, many improvements, and I'm excited too see such active development. The new product data panel is probably my favorite thing. Congratulations to Mike Jolley,…

Site showcase: Batman News

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2013

Design

Here's an awesome WordPress site to check out: Batman News. It's a blog about all things Batman, and it is pretty awesome. I think it's really well designed and put together. It was built by Brady and Brody Vercher, of…

Nerdy WordPress rap

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2013

WordPress News

Yep. I just don't know how to describe this. Treehouse apparently has a new podcast, called "Blogcast Podcast News", and they've started with this

The dangers of type coercion and remote management plugins

paul de wouters

March 4, 2013

WordPress News

Using remote updating services for your WordPress sites could compromise it and make it vulnerable to attacks. This article explains in detail the technique that could be use to exploit the vulnerabilities.

The WordPress Handbook – 57 Resources For First Time WordPress Users

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2013

WordPress News

Here's a list of resources for new WordPress users.

Disable revisions

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2013

WordPress News

How to disable the by default enabled revisions to save a lot of database space.

Building and managing WordPress websites? You should check out Admin Restriction.

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2013

WordPress News

Admin Restriction is a plugin that disables installing, updating and removing plugins and themes, and disables updating the WordPress Core for all users except for the Administrator user with ID 1.

Swiftype Search for improved WordPress search

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2013

WordPress News

Austin Gunter has done a nice feature on the WP Engine blog on a new plugin called Swiftype. It seems the folks behind Swiftype have been "blessed" by the WordPress.com VIP team as a more relevance-based search solution. I'm certainly…

WordSesh initial schedule is up

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2013

WordPress News

http://wordsesh.org/#schedule

WP Fund It – Kickstarter for WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2013

WordPress News

http://pippinsplugins.com/wordpress-community-crowd-funding/

Embed plugin information from WordPress.org

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2013

WordPress News

Jonathan Dingman, of WP Force, found this nifty little plugin by Lee Willis to auto-embed plugin information from the .org repository by just pasting the URL.

Build an app with WordPress

paul de wouters

March 1, 2013

Development

A very detailed step by step tutorial on building a to do list app with WordPress using javascript and Ajax.

Envato to offer 100% GPL option for ThemeForest and CodeCanyon

Brian Krogsgard

February 28, 2013

WordPress News

You're probably familiar the GPL controversy of late between WordCamps and Envato. Well, this solves that. After looking at author survey results, Envato is going to offer an option for authors to choose a 100% GPL license. The survey results…

No, you can’t get a custom built website in two days for $300

Brian Krogsgard

February 28, 2013

Business

Chris Lema shares a story that is all too common. However, web development work is like voodoo for our clients. They just don't know how much custom development should cost, or how long it should take. So we have to…