WordPress News

The importance of tinkering

Brian Krogsgard

October 19, 2018

Justin Tadlock was the first person I really connected with in the WordPress community -- sometime back around 2008, if I recall correctly. I stumbled upon Theme Hybrid as someone looking to make a website, and I was off to…

Bob Dunn and Brad Williams talk…

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

Hosting

Bob Dunn and Brad Williams talk about Liquid Web’s new pricing structure and marketplace hosting on the latest Do The Woo podcast.

NorthStack, by Pagely, is launching pay-as-you-go WordPress hosting

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

BusinessHosting

NorthStack is a new and ambitious product line created by Pagely — but set to operate as an independent entity — where they are attempting to offer a whole new type of WordPress hosting. Very similar to Amazon's broader pay-as-you-go approach, Pagely…

Joshua Strebel looks back over nine…

Dan Knauss

October 4, 2018

Hosting

Joshua Strebel looks back over nine years of Pagely, including how it started the managed WordPress hosting space and how it evolved to what is now a fairly crowded market.

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash…

Dan Knauss

October 4, 2018

Business

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash received a second consecutive "High Performer" designation from G2Crowd, a popular peer-to-peer, business solutions review platform. In fact, it was the only WordPress-based solution mentioned in the learning management space, and Justin took the…

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh,…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Business

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh, who at the start of 2018 acquired Envira Gallery and Soliloquy Slider from Thomas Griffin and Syed Balkhi. Nathan, a relative newcomer to the WordPress space and community, goes on to relate his thoughts…

An Interview with the MLA’s Humanities Commons Team

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

WordPress CommunityWordPress News

The MLA's Humanities Commons team maintains several WordPress projects to support Digital Humanities at colleges and universities.

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Business

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: "I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent…

WordPress and Blockchain

Brian Krogsgard

September 12, 2018

PlanetWordPress News

It's time to discuss blockchain technology from the perspective of the WordPress ecosystem, to discuss threats, opportunities, and generally discover how this emerging sector could impact WordPress.

WP Engine recently announced the launch…

Dan Knauss

September 7, 2018

Security

WP Engine recently announced the launch of Global Edge Security, an "enterprise-class advanced security solution" in conjunction with Cloudflare. They have also recently provided its customers with the Genesis framework and themes after acquiring StudioPress in June.

Ghost 2.0 has been released with a new editor…

Dan Knauss

September 4, 2018

Design

Ghost 2.0 has been released with a new editor and an impressive list of features. It's nice to see continued improvements and the evolution of UX design in applications like these outside the WordPress space.

Envato has shut down its hosting program

Brian Krogsgard

September 4, 2018

Hosting

Envato has closed down all efforts at hosting WordPress websites, it appears. They've removed the option to buy hosting when you buy a WordPress theme, and Ben Welch-Bolen, the co-founder of Pressed — which they acquired — no longer works…

Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant…

Dan Knauss

August 17, 2018

Hosting

Jonathan Bailey, copyright and plagiarism consultant at CopyByte, puts his thoughts down about the future of WordPress: "WordPress is at a crossroads... it faces a new threat, and it’s not a competitor but rather an ideology." Jonathan believes the self-hosted…

Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to…

Dan Knauss

August 17, 2018

Hosting

Managed WordPress hosting companies continue to grow: Flywheel is #344 on Inc. Magazine's annual ranking of the United States's fastest-growing private companies. It is also Nebraska’s fastest-growing company in 2018.

Gutenberg 3.5 is out with another long list…

Dan Knauss

August 10, 2018

Design

Gutenberg 3.5 is out with another long list of features, but the clear majority of items are improvements that refine and polish the user experience, like styles for checkbox components and states for buttons. About 50% of all Gutenberg downloads have happened…