WordPress News

If you’re a developer, then i…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2018

If you're a developer, then i highly recommend reading this "Cult of the Complex" post from Jeffrey Zeldman on A List Apart. Zeldman covers the trend in the tech industry to make things (such as front end development) far more…

By now I’m sure you’ve all…

Brian Krogsgard

June 7, 2018

Business

By now I'm sure you've all heard of Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. This is a hugely successful exit for GitHub, and another interesting pickup for Microsoft. Unfortunately I can't find the tweet anymore, but I…

Delicious Brains has decided to shut…

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2018

Business

Delicious Brains has decided to shut down Mergebot, after three years of working on it. It was an ambitious project from the start, but they decided that it didn't meet their standards. Mergebot is by far the most ambitious product…

The History of the Web, and WordPress’s 15th Birthday — Draft Podcast

Brian Krogsgard

May 25, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian is joined by Jay Hoffmann -- the owner and curator of The History of the Web, a timeline and history of the web -- and they discuss the project, as well as WordPress's 15 year arc of history.

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have…

Brian Krogsgard

May 11, 2018

Business

Syed Balkhi and Awesome Motive have acquired Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress, which according to Syed is the second most popular analytics plugin in the WordPress.org repository. Its new name is ExactMetrics. The move fits within the goals of Awesome…

An interview with Zach Tirrell, Director of Product at Modern Tribe

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

DesignWordPress News

Modern Tribe takes event calendars into the cloud with Loxi, their first SaaS offering. Learn all about it from Zach Tirrell, their director of product.

Are you dealing with bloated code…

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

HostingSecurity

Are you dealing with bloated code and overdue for some refactoring? Head over to Mario Peshev's recent post, "How to Identify, Debug, and Improve Messed Up WordPress Code." Mario explains why bloated code might lead to security problems and headaches while explaining…

WordPress Security Plugins Compared (wpsecuritycompared.com) is…

Dan Knauss

May 10, 2018

Security

WordPress Security Plugins Compared (wpsecuritycompared.com) is a useful comparison table of WordPress security plugin costs and features by David Hayes.

Making WordPress and WordSesh — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

May 7, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss the upcoming WordSesh schedule and go spelunking through make.wordpress.org to surface some recent gems making their way to WordPress.org – both the project and the website.

The meta episode — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

April 27, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss meta data in WordPress, including the challenge of implementing data into new tools, such as the REST API and the Gutenberg editor.

Over at WeGlot, they’ve put together…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2018

Business

Over at WeGlot, they've put together a detailed summary of how they've scaled their support capacity with HelpScout to handle 500 customer emails a week and non-stop live chat. That means 70+ conversations a day and a commitment to never shut…

SiteLock has been acquired by private equity firm ABRY Partners

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2018

Security

SiteLock has been acquired by a private equity firm in for an undisclosed amount. Following the Sucuri acquisition by GoDaddy, now the two most prominent website security businesses in the space have been gobbled up. SiteLock has more than twelve…

All about you(r privacy) — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

April 16, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, the two Brians discuss the current conversations and controversy surrounding data collection and visitor privacy on the web.

Designing the news — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

April 9, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss a variety of news topics spanning design, development, and business.

John Maeda has released his 2018…

Brian Krogsgard

April 3, 2018

Design

John Maeda has released his 2018 Design in Tech report. This is always an interesting case study on the broad design world, and it's curated by Automattic's chief designer. I was also intrigued by a recent tweet from John highlighting…

Ethics in design has always been…

Brian Krogsgard

April 3, 2018

Design

Ethics in design has always been an important topic in technical fields, but lately it's been in the public eye too. Morten Rand-Hendriksen's recent article, Using Ethics In Web Design is an important contribution to a renewed discussion of this topic among…