ByBrian Krogsgard
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Jeff Chandler dug through the history books and found all 16 Automattic acquisitions since 2007. He notes a number of failed promises and questions he’s left with — which I guess is a common symptom of acquisitions.
It’s a fun trip down memory lane for those of you that have been around a while. For those that haven’t, it’s educational.
A little force push can come in handy sometimes. But with great power comes great responsibility. How should forced updates in WordPress be used?
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WP Cloud is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) built on the hosting infrastructure that’s behind WP.com, Pressable, and WordPress VIP with GridPane soon to follow. Agencies that want to white label their client hosting are ideal customers for WP Cloud via GridPane.
The REST API is a hot topic of conversation right now. I spent 3,000 words verbalizing my opinion on it, but there is a lot of good stuff that smart folks have written about the API and its current state. I want to collect some of these and summarize the positions. As you Post Status…
Two AMAs happened today with people I respect a lot, in different walks of life. AMA with Pippin Williamson Pippin Williamson, you all know, makes plugins. He did a great AMA on ManageWP. I’m going to steal some nuggets: On the future of themes: In my mind, the future of the theme market is entirely…
A Day of REST is an event devoted to the WordPress REST API. It’ll happen on January 28th 2016, with a follow-on hack day on the 29th, in London. It’s an exciting opportunity for developers to learn how to interact with the new WordPress REST API, and Post Status will be an official partner.
