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Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

May 20, 2015

Matt Mullenweg announced today that Automattic has acquired WooThemes, whose flagship product is the popular eCommerce plugin, WooCommerce. All 55 team members at WooThemes will join Automattic, swelling ranks at Automattic by around 18%.

The trojan emoji

Brian Krogsgard

May 8, 2015

DevelopmentMake WordPress

Andrew Nacin, lead developer of WordPress, just finished a talk at Loopconf, where he talked about a series of related WordPress security fixes that spanned two years, with the final fix included into WordPress core under the guise of emoji support.

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

Sami Keijonen

May 7, 2015

DesignDevelopment

Accessibility is an important part of modern web development. It is our responsibility as creators of WordPress themes to make them accessible to all users, on any device. In this article, I'll offer some simple tips to create better, more accessible WordPress themes.

WordPress 4.2, “Powell”, released

Brian Krogsgard

April 23, 2015

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 4.2, “Powell”, has been released. The release was lead by Drew Jaynes and includes contributions from 283 community members.

Theme Review Team to require using the Customizer for all theme options

Devin Price

April 22, 2015

PlanetWordPress News

All theme options must now be included in the Customizer for themes submitted to the WordPress theme repository. Custom theme options pages will not be allowed. The change will have implications for authors, reviewers, and users of WordPress themes.

Coordinated plugin updates to address security vulnerability in many popular WordPress plugins

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2015

PlanetSecurity

A coordinated plugin update occurred this morning between many popular WordPress plugins to address a common security vulnerability that allows for XSS cross-site scripting attacks.

WordPress News with Daniel Espinoza

Brian Krogsgard

April 17, 2015

DraftPlanet

Daniel Espinoza and I cover the week in WordPress news with a short format (~15 minute) podcast. This week we talk about Automattic versus WordPress, the 4.2 release candidate, clever REST API uses, taxes, and hosted website solutions' marketing.

WordPress News with Beka Rice

Brian Krogsgard

April 3, 2015

DraftPlanet

Beka Rice and I cover the week in WordPress news with a short format (~15 minute) podcast. This week we talk about Mesh (an upcoming app by Automattic), 4.3 and 4.4 release leads, April Fools', and Array's year in review.

How StoryCorps uses WordPress to enable storytelling everywhere

Brian Krogsgard

March 31, 2015

DesignDraft

StoryCorps.me enables anyone to create and share powerful stories. Just launched as an iOS and Android app, the website that provides the app infrastructure is built on WordPress, utilizing the WordPress REST API. Here's how StoryCorps.me came to be.

Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service

Brian Krogsgard

March 29, 2015

Make WordPressPlanet

Andrew Nacin now works at the U.S. Digital Service, the federal government service that aims to "redefine public service for a new generation." Nacin continues his role as WordPress lead developer, but is stepping back from working on the project full time.

WordPress News with Julie Kuehl

Brian Krogsgard

March 27, 2015

DraftPlanet

Julie Kuehl and I cover the week in WordPress news with a short format (15 minute) podcast. The Excerpt is part of the Draft podcast, and will be balanced by long form interviews. This week we talk about Shiny Installs, host growth, finding your place, and the REST API.

Happytables 3 is taking on Squarespace and Wix for restaurant websites with a brand new platform

Brian Krogsgard

March 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

The new Happytables is a slick setup, and they've invested more time and energy into a hosted WordPress solution than perhaps anyone but Automattic on WordPress.com. The difference here is they are going after a niche, and it's a huge one with a big need: restaurants.

WordPress News with Brian Richards

Brian Krogsgard

March 23, 2015

DraftPlanet

Brian Richards and I cover the week in WordPress news with a new short format (15 minute) podcast. The Excerpt is part of the Draft podcast, and will be balanced by long form interviews.

Running a successful membership site in real life, with Jonathan Williamson

Brian Krogsgard

March 13, 2015

BusinessDraft

This interview is with Jonathan Williamson, co-founder of CGCookie. He’s going to talk to us about running a real world membership website on WordPress. Jonathan is Pippin Williamson's twin brother, and he has years of experience running membership websites. There is much that we can learn from him.

Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback with stake in Obox

Brian Krogsgard

March 4, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback after over a year away from the community. The WooThemes co-founder has made a strategic investment into Obox, the team behind the newly launched Layers product. In return, he's received a 30% stake in the company to complement Receiptful, his new eCommerce product.

The most popular WordPress plugins

Brian Krogsgard

February 27, 2015

BusinessPlanet

WordPress plugin popularity has always been pretty tough to figure out. We only had download counts or independent, third party website scrapers to tell us anything. Now, WordPress.org itself has more data that's being tested and launched to give us real insight into the popularity of WordPress plugins.

Automattic has acquired WooThemes, makers of WooCommerce

The trojan emoji

How to create better, more accessible WordPress themes

WordPress 4.2, “Powell”, released

Theme Review Team to require using the Customizer for all theme options

Coordinated plugin updates to address security vulnerability in many popular WordPress plugins

WordPress News with Daniel Espinoza

WordPress News with Beka Rice

How StoryCorps uses WordPress to enable storytelling everywhere

Andrew Nacin has joined the White House’s U.S. Digital Service

WordPress News with Julie Kuehl

Happytables 3 is taking on Squarespace and Wix for restaurant websites with a brand new platform

WordPress News with Brian Richards

Running a successful membership site in real life, with Jonathan Williamson

Adii Pienaar is making a WordPress comeback with stake in Obox

The most popular WordPress plugins

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