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WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, released

Brian Krogsgard

August 18, 2015

WordPress 4.3, "Billie", has been released. Billie includes four major user-facing features that most website owners will experience on a semi-regular basis, and many other enhancements, bug fixes, and developer features.

A WordPress conference for higher education: coming to a campus near you?

Rachel Cherry

August 17, 2015

HostingPlanet

WordPress is used by thousands of universities all over the world. Many universities run large parts of their web infrastructure with WordPress, and it's time for them to have a niche WordPress conference catered for their experiences.

Sucuri explains the security vulnerability they…

Brian Krogsgard

August 12, 2015

Security

Sucuri explains the security vulnerability they were credited with reporting in the WordPress 4.2.4 release.

Takeaways from interviewing 13 great WordPress developers

Fred Meyer

August 10, 2015

Development

After interviewing thirteen WordPress developers for a book on getting up and running with WordPress development, I have some key takeaways that I'd like to share with you.

WordPress 4.2.4 maintenance and security release

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2015

Security

WordPress 4.2.4 was released and auto-updated in the last 24 hours, thankfully to seemingly little attention (other than perhaps a bit of update fatigue). And that's a good thing. According to the announcement post, the release addresses six different issues.…

Inside the mind of a white hat WordPress hacker

Brian Krogsgard

August 5, 2015

Security

I've read, I think, my favorite WordPress security post ever. I admit, I do get excited when something is teased to me as a trilogy, but Netanel Rubin follows through with flying colors. Now, this post is long. And when…

WordPress hosting performance benchmarks, 2015

Brian Krogsgard

July 29, 2015

Hosting

Kevin Ohashi has this year's WordPress hosting performance benchmarks review up on Review Signal, and it's another great analysis. He reviewed 19 hosts and for some of them testing multiple configurations. He covers the biggest players and some I had…

Rogue shortcodes cause controversy for 4.2.3 security release

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2015

Security

The WordPress 4.2.3 security release looks like most security releases on the surface, but it has caused a good bit of controversy. The release includes a number of fixes, but one involving shortcodes is the focus of attention. Immediately after…

Thesis, Automattic, and WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2015

BusinessDesign

Chris Pearson and Matt Mullenweg have hardly communicated with one another in the last five years, but they are ideological enemies. They have very strong personalities and unshakable beliefs on business and software. This is a story of their dispute, their idealism, and the implications it will have on the WordPress project.

Pearson versus Mullenweg, a history

Brian Krogsgard

July 21, 2015

BusinessDesign

This is a preview of the first part of my upcoming article on Thesis, Automattic, and WordPress. Chris Pearson and Matt Mullenweg have hardly communicated with one another in the last five years, but they are ideological enemies. They are…

Design before discovery

Brian Krogsgard

July 15, 2015

Design

Guillermo Rauch has written a post about the development of the new VideoPress, titled Pure UI. In it, he describes the workflow for creating the new player and how it was managed between design and development. He says that the…

WordPress.org revamping hosting recommendations

Japh Thomson

July 3, 2015

Hosting

It looks like a change is coming to the WordPress.org hosting recommendations page. Companies will now be able to request a presence, though they have to part with quite a bit of information to do so. It will certainly be…

Give your WordPress client an Apple experience

Japh Thomson

July 3, 2015

Hosting

We're all familiar with the Apple ecosystem to some extent, even if we don't own any Apple products. We know it stands for polish, accessibility, and a complete solution. Carl Alexander wishes that the situation with WordPress hosting was more…

Say hello to UpThemes Hosting

Japh Thomson

June 28, 2015

Hosting

UpThemes has entered the hosting arena! The hosting service includes access to a great selection of over 40 themes pre-installed and ready for activation. This includes their entire library, Aesop Interactive's entire library, and a curated list of themes from…

Growth in the French community

Jenny Beaumont

June 24, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Jenny Beaumont, a freelance web developer based in France, describes the recent growth boom in France's WordPress community and some of those who've helped it thrive.

A future API

Ryan McCue

June 19, 2015

BusinessPlanet

Ryan McCue, the lead developer of the WordPress REST API, imagines the year 2020, when the REST API is mature and in WordPress core. He tells us stories of some of the fun things that are possible.

WordPress 4.3, “Billie”, released

A WordPress conference for higher education: coming to a campus near you?

Sucuri explains the security vulnerability they…

Takeaways from interviewing 13 great WordPress developers

WordPress 4.2.4 maintenance and security release

Inside the mind of a white hat WordPress hacker

WordPress hosting performance benchmarks, 2015

Rogue shortcodes cause controversy for 4.2.3 security release

Thesis, Automattic, and WordPress

Pearson versus Mullenweg, a history

Design before discovery

WordPress.org revamping hosting recommendations

Give your WordPress client an Apple experience

Say hello to UpThemes Hosting

Growth in the French community

A future API

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