WordPress News

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

WordPress 5.1.1 is out as a security and maintenance release. 🔒 The vulnerability fixed in the 5.1.1 is detailed by Simon Scannell of RipsTech, who discovered it. 5.1.1 also includes a new button that hosts can enable to encourage site owners to…

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman…

Brian Krogsgard

March 15, 2019

Security

Freemius CEO and cofounder Vova Feldman shares what others can learn from Freemius' recent experience with a significant security vulnerability. Also from Freemius: how Brexit may affect theme and plugin sellers.

Today is International Women’s Day — a…

Dan Knauss

March 8, 2019

Business

Today is International Women's Day — a good day for listening to stories by fantastic women. That's something you can always do at HeroPress where Amena Mabrouk is the latest contributor. Amena shares how the WordPress community helped her learn and…

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the…

Dan Knauss

March 8, 2019

Security

W3C has approved WebAuthn as the web standard for "password-free logins", letting "users log into online accounts using biometrics, mobile devices, and/or FIDO security keys." 🔐 It will be interesting to see how this develops and impacts WordPress. Nearly all browsers…

Branching out: An interview with Peter Suhm

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

BusinessPlanet

You may know Peter Suhm as the man behind WP Pusher, a plugin that lets you securely deploy your plugins and themes directly from GitHub, Bitbucket or GitLab to any WordPress site on any type of hosting.

Michelle Schulp is leading an iThemes training…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Design

Michelle Schulp is leading an iThemes training webinar, "How To Speak Unicorn!" 🦄 If you want to learn more about design terminology and design thinking, check in with Michelle on March 7th.

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important…

Dan Knauss

February 22, 2019

Security

BuddyPress 4.2.0 is out. This important maintenance and security release addresses a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in addition to a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain…

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

Design

Christie Lenneville and Patrick Deuley explain how white space "killed" an enterprise app, and how you can increase data density without diminishing design aesthetics. Here's a good thought: "Enterprise designers can take a lot of great cues from consumer design,…

Children say his superpower is love: an interview with Topher DeRosia

Dan Knauss

February 15, 2019

HostingPlanet

Topher DeRosia took some time to reflect on HeroPress and recount his own path to WordPress, the long and winding road of freelancing, and his role as a developer evangelist for BigCommerce.

Building Multidots, with Anil Gupta

Brian Krogsgard

February 7, 2019

DraftPlanet

In this episode I talk to Anil Gupta about his journey and philosophies building Multidots -- a company doing enterprise web development work all over the world with more than 100 employees.

WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this…

Dan Knauss

February 2, 2019

Security

WordPress 5.1 reached Beta 3 this week, but sadly the PHP error protection handler slated for this release will be held for WordPress 5.2 instead. Some potential security issues cropped up in the implementation, and the team wanted to play…

Just another migration story

Brian Krogsgard

February 1, 2019

BusinessDesign

This past week it was necessary for me to spend time migrating a website and helping deploy a new design for it. It was a frustrating and humbling experience that also reminded me just how much of a challenge these…

An Interview with Ernst-Jan Pfauth of De Correspondent

Dan Knauss

January 25, 2019

DesignPlanet

Ernst-Jan Pfauth is co-founder and CEO of The Correspondent, which is launching this year as an English language spinoff of the Dutch news site De Correspondent.

Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains…

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2019

Business

Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains Inc., recaps 2018 with an eye to his company's goals, business practices, and products. It was a busy year apparently and, in Brad's assessment, their most productive.