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Review Signal has changed the algorithm…

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Review Signal has changed the algorithm used to rank web hosts. A number of hosts were affected, and I thought you may like to see how. I believe Kevin does a terrific job with this site and it's the only…

Jetpack is building an onboarding plugin to alter the new WordPress user experience

Brian Krogsgard

March 11, 2016

Hosting

Jetpack is working on a plugin called Jetpack Onboarding that alters the default WordPress "Welcome" screen in the dashboard with a step by step onboarding process. Right now there are four steps for setting up a basic site: The repo…

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Brian Krogsgard

March 10, 2016

BusinessHosting

Automattic has taken over a majority stake in Pressable, the managed WordPress hosting company, with a purchase of Pressable CEO Vid Luther's shares of the company. They were already a significant investor.

Plugin repo and frameworks

Brian Krogsgard

March 1, 2016

Hosting

There's a newly clarified policy on Make Plugins from Mika Epstein where she says that developer frameworks are no longer going to be approved for the plugin repo. Plugins like CMB2, Advanced Custom Fields and others that may be dependencies of other…

Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April

Brian Krogsgard

February 17, 2016

Hosting

There is really only one existing WordPress integration for Facebook Instant Articles. It is from Jack Spurlock, a developer at WIRED. Facebook has a limited spec for supporting Instant Articles, which at a base level can just use RSS, but deeper integrations would…

WordPress at Scale

Brian Krogsgard

February 4, 2016

Hosting

The team at Pantheon has made a nice resource that doubles as smart marketing for a developer focused hosting product. WordPress at Scale is a website that aims to educate and provide resources to developers wishing to, well, scale WordPress.…

David Hayes has done an excellent…

January 18, 2016

Hosting

David Hayes has done an excellent job giving a lay of the land of the JavaScript world, as it applies to WordPress developers. WP Shout also completed their hosting survey, and the results are out. The sample size is a…

iThemes adding live, incremental backups to BackupBuddy

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

BusinessHosting

iThemes has managed and supported BackupBuddy for about as long as any commercial plugin on the market. It's a cornerstone product for them, and it's done very well over the years. With BackupBuddy 7.0, they are adding live, incremental backups…

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

Brian Krogsgard

January 12, 2016

Hosting

After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public…

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

Hosting

The WordPress Foundation is the legal entity that has ownership of the WordPress trademark, and also acts as a pass through for WordCamp and other WordPress funds. As a 5013c non-profit in the US, the foundation has to submit paperwork…

Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership

Brian Krogsgard

December 22, 2015

BusinessHosting

Envato has been testing a pitch for hosting since December 1st, and plans to roll it out on a broader scale in the new year. Two theme shops are running the hosting pitch now, Qode and Select-Themes. Buyers can see…

WordPress.com VIP is close to launching VIP Go — their next generation of hosting

Brian Krogsgard

December 10, 2015

Hosting

WordPress.com VIP is working hard on launching new infrastructure that allows for a more traditional WordPress setup for VIP clients, and makes a variety of improvements that their service partners will enjoy. Called VIP Go, it's basically a VIP 2.0.…

WP Shout are again doing their…

November 30, 2015

Hosting

WP Shout are again doing their WordPress hosting survey. I'm sure they would appreciate it if you took the survey, and share it with your networks to get a nice sample.

Delicious Brains concludes their fantastic series…

November 26, 2015

Hosting

Delicious Brains concludes their fantastic series on hosting WordPress yourself with examples of Nginx configurations.

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

Brian Krogsgard

November 25, 2015

DraftHosting

Matt Mullenweg is the co-founder of WordPress, and founder and CEO of Automattic. In this interview, we talk about their new WordPress.com editor, and more.

DreamHost CEO Simon Anderson is leaving after disagreements with board

Brian Krogsgard

November 19, 2015

Hosting

In the world of hosting, there are the big players (like EIG and GoDaddy), lots of tiny companies, and a couple of handfuls of companies in-between. DreamHost is a tweener, that's not huge, but not small, and has a fairly WordPress-centric platform.…

Review Signal has changed the algorithm…

Jetpack is building an onboarding plugin to alter the new WordPress user experience

Automattic has purchased a majority stake in Pressable

Plugin repo and frameworks

Facebook Instant Articles to be available to all publishers in April

WordPress at Scale

David Hayes has done an excellent…

iThemes adding live, incremental backups to BackupBuddy

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Envato is getting into hosting WordPress websites with Pressed partnership

WordPress.com VIP is close to launching VIP Go — their next generation of hosting

WP Shout are again doing their…

Delicious Brains concludes their fantastic series…

Interview with Automattic CEO, Matt Mullenweg, on Calypso and more

DreamHost CEO Simon Anderson is leaving after disagreements with board

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