WordPress News

There’s been talk of how difficult…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

There's been talk of how difficult it is to stand out in the WordPress professional theme space lately. David A. Kennedy at ThemeShaper says Gutenberg is going to change this "in a big way." David thinks the new editor will add such…

If you’re looking for some good,…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

BusinessSecurity

If you're looking for some good, recent podcasts, you might want to check out this interview with Brad Williams over at Robojuice. It's an hour-long show focused on security and the question of whether WordPress is secure enough for Microsoft. The…

SiteLock has acquired a Dutch security…

Brian Krogsgard

August 23, 2017

Security

SiteLock has acquired a Dutch security company called Patchman, which doubles the number of active sites they’ll have on their network. Patchman patches (good name!) vulnerabilities on the server, based on scanning files and identifying known vulnerable software. This is…

Building a healthy remote company, with Tom Willmot — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

August 17, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian is joined by the CEO of Human Made, Tom Willmot, and they discuss steps for building a healthy remote company, and talk about Human Made’s new open source employee handbook.

Free speech, privacy, and the web

Brian Krogsgard

August 16, 2017

HostingPlanet

Web-based hosts, platforms, and businesses need a plan for how they'll handle issues around free speech and privacy rights for their users and customers.

Publish Conference, in pictures

Brian Krogsgard

August 9, 2017

Planet

Last week, Post Status Publish took place in Atlanta, Georgia. Here are some of the pictures from the event.

Live from Publish: Challenges facing the WordPress Economy — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

August 8, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Joe are live at Post Status Publish, and answer questions from the conference audience.

Envato has acquired Pressed to create a complete hosting solution

Brian Krogsgard

July 6, 2017

BusinessHosting

In 2015 Envato invested $1.5 million dollars into Pressed -- the white-label WordPress hosting service -- for a one third stake in the company. Now they've fully purchased ownership in the business, and the majority of the Pressed team is…

The future of the WordPress economy, and why I’m not worried

Joshua Strebel

June 22, 2017

BusinessHosting

Joshua Strebel -- the CEO of Pagely -- shares his view of the current state of the WordPress economy, and why he is confident in both its strength and future.

WooCommerce ending renewal discounts is a good thing

Brian Krogsgard

June 22, 2017

BusinessHosting

WooCommerce has — at least for now — decided to end renewal discounts for extension sales. This is a smart business move and the right thing to do, even if it could've been rolled out better. Matt Mullenweg said in…

An entrepreneurial journey around eCommerce, with Patrick Rauland — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

June 14, 2017

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Patrick Rauland discuss the state of eCommerce today, both from a product perspective, and for store owners.

Here’s a nice read from Jules…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Design

Here's a nice read from Jules Forrest on the CSS Tricks blog: how she built the backend of the Women Who Design website. Tools including using the Twitter API, Autolinker (a new one or me), Node, Firebase, and JavaScript. I also encourage you…

Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Business

Rebecca Gill announced the Web Savvy Marketing Genesis theme business has been sold to 9Seeds.

Much more interesting than a regular…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2017

Business

Much more interesting than a regular Jetpack upgrade is how (as I predicted) Jetpack is bringing "professional themes" to the plugin, effectively making it a full-on marketplace. I am very, very interested in how that's going to work, specifically in…