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Hendrik Buchwald has done a fascinating…

Brian Krogsgard

December 16, 2016

Hendrik Buchwald has done a fascinating breakdown of security vulnerabilities in plugins, with analysis of detected vulnerabilities by type and by how many lines of code are in the plugin. Surprisingly, their software didn't pick up vulnerabilities in the "vast…

Yesterday, I analyzed ThemeForest and Envato’s…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

Hosting

Yesterday, I analyzed ThemeForest and Envato's new Hosted program for getting hosting alongside your theme. Vova Feldman has a really interesting blog post that's a good companion to what I wrote, which dives into the financial opportunities that still exist…

We have yet another big hosting…

Brian Krogsgard

December 15, 2016

Hosting

We have yet another big hosting acquisition: United Internet -- owner of 1 & 1 and more -- has acquired Strato for €600 million. Strato did about €125 million in revenue last year. The current rate of consolidation is pretty…

Envato Hosted expands with revenue share for authors

Brian Krogsgard

December 14, 2016

Hosting

Envato has expanded the hosting program they began piloting last December, which I covered at the time. Now it's expanded from two theme shops to twelve, including several of the most popular authors on the platform. Envato Hosted is now…

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

Brian Krogsgard

December 13, 2016

Hosting

I think bringing Automattic resources into core WordPress development to put a huge effort into improving the WordPress editing experience is a good thing. An email went out last week to the authors of all plugins with more than one million active…

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer…

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2016

Design

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer and the designer of Twenty Seventeen, shares thoughts on how good design feedback should be structured. My favorite is probably the last one on the list: Frame feedback as suggestions, not mandates. “What if…

“Don’t Use Carousels” is a mantra…

Dan Knauss

December 9, 2016

DesignNotes

"Don't Use Carousels" is a mantra that's been going around the design community for years, but i found Chris Coyier's article at MediaTemple's blog to take a sensible approach in explaining why that absolute is a bit overboard. If you…

GoDaddy reportedly in talks to acquire Host Europe Group, gaining 1.7 million customers

Brian Krogsgard

December 5, 2016

BusinessHosting

Claire Ruckin is reporting for Reuters that GoDaddy is in talks to acquire the Host Europe Group, known as HEG. HEG describes themselves on their website: HEG is now one of Europe’s leading hosting providers, one of the largest domain…

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

Brian Krogsgard

December 3, 2016

BusinessDesign

Matt Mullenweg just completed the 2016 State of the Word, which highlights the accomplishments of the past year, and sets the direction for the year ahead for WordPress.

Regional WordCamps, WCUS 2017, and design kits

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2016

Design

There's a good bit of WordCamp news worth covering right now. WordCamp US in Nashville First off, WordCamp US 2017 and 2018 will be held in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville is less than a three hour drive from me, because I…

WooCommerce Subscriptions gets big upgrade

Brian Krogsgard

November 15, 2016

Design

WooCommerce Subscriptions 2.1 is out the door, after more than a year of development. It's a large upgrade and packs a ton of features, as highlighted on the features page. If you're interested in subscriptions for your website, or already run…

Publish presentation announcements

Brian Krogsgard

November 1, 2016

BusinessHosting

I'm really excited to finally announce the Post Status Publish presenters. There are twelve awesome folks (plus me) ready to share their knowledge with you. I have already said that I wanted to make Publish feel like the hallway track,…

Chris Lauzon, the interim CEO of…

Brian Krogsgard

October 11, 2016

Hosting

Chris Lauzon, the interim CEO of Pressable, recently shared his reflections on his first year at the company. A year ago, Chris was leading a support team for Automattic, and now he's gained some really valuable experience turning a hosting company around.…

Shifter is a “serverless hosting solution…

Brian Krogsgard

October 11, 2016

Hosting

Shifter is a "serverless hosting solution for WordPress." According to the website, it "seamlessly transforms your site into a series of static HTML files," and they aim to be both the generator and the host of the generated files. It's…

SiteGround expands remote support with 32 former Site5 team members

Brian Krogsgard

October 11, 2016

Hosting

SiteGround's team has been almost exclusively based out of their offices in Bulgaria until now. Lilyana Yakimova announced on their blog that they have hired 32 former support personnel from Site5, employees whom hail from 10 countries, including the United States. Site5…

Pagely is celebrating their seven year anniversary. Joshua…

Brian Krogsgard

September 30, 2016

Hosting

Pagely is celebrating their seven year anniversary. Joshua Strebel reflects on seven years of the managed WordPress hosting industry that his team started, and also looks into the future. WP101 is also celebrating a birthday -- a whopping eight years -- and Shawn Hesketh says…

Hendrik Buchwald has done a fascinating…

Yesterday, I analyzed ThemeForest and Envato’s…

We have yet another big hosting…

Envato Hosted expands with revenue share for authors

Automattic, Calypso, and the WordPress project

Mel Choyce, a WordPress core committer…

“Don’t Use Carousels” is a mantra…

GoDaddy reportedly in talks to acquire Host Europe Group, gaining 1.7 million customers

Matt Mullenweg State of the Word, 2016

Regional WordCamps, WCUS 2017, and design kits

WooCommerce Subscriptions gets big upgrade

Publish presentation announcements

Chris Lauzon, the interim CEO of…

Shifter is a “serverless hosting solution…

SiteGround expands remote support with 32 former Site5 team members

Pagely is celebrating their seven year anniversary. Joshua…

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