WordPress News

Just another migration story

Brian Krogsgard

February 1, 2019

This past week it was necessary for me to spend time migrating a website and helping deploy a new design for it. It was a frustrating and humbling experience that also reminded me just how much of a challenge these…

Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains…

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2019

Business

Brad Touesnard, founder of Delicious Brains Inc., recaps 2018 with an eye to his company's goals, business practices, and products. It was a busy year apparently and, in Brad's assessment, their most productive.

Remembering Dean Allen

Dan Knauss

January 10, 2019

BusinessDesign

Dean Allen's vision for Textpattern and his code influenced WordPress at a critical time in its development.

With 2018 behind us and the…

Dan Knauss

January 5, 2019

Business

With 2018 behind us and the new year begun, many people are posting "Year in Review" or "Looking Ahead" reflections. 🎊 It takes some time to think through these surges in the community's collective learning, but it's well worth it.…

Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Gutenberg, WordPress, and the future

Brian Krogsgard

December 12, 2018

BusinessDraft

I am joined by Matt Mullenweg to discuss decision making, Gutenberg, core WordPress processes, Automattic's business, and more.

Freemius is launching a “We Got…

Brian Krogsgard

November 16, 2018

BusinessDesign

Freemius is launching a "We Got Your Back" pilot program for WordPress product vendors. This program helps clients handle a few additional non-coding-related tasks (including design and branding), along with other features yet to be announced. To qualify, your business must…

NorthStack, by Pagely, is launching pay-as-you-go WordPress hosting

Brian Krogsgard

October 16, 2018

BusinessHosting

NorthStack is a new and ambitious product line created by Pagely — but set to operate as an independent entity — where they are attempting to offer a whole new type of WordPress hosting. Very similar to Amazon's broader pay-as-you-go approach, Pagely…

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash…

Dan Knauss

October 4, 2018

Business

Justin Ferriman happily notes that LearnDash received a second consecutive "High Performer" designation from G2Crowd, a popular peer-to-peer, business solutions review platform. In fact, it was the only WordPress-based solution mentioned in the learning management space, and Justin took the…

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh,…

Dan Knauss

September 21, 2018

Business

The Plugin Economy interviewed Nathan Singh, who at the start of 2018 acquired Envira Gallery and Soliloquy Slider from Thomas Griffin and Syed Balkhi. Nathan, a relative newcomer to the WordPress space and community, goes on to relate his thoughts…

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at…

Dan Knauss

September 13, 2018

Business

David Aguilera, Chief Product Officer at Nelio, shared some insights about WordPress plugins and the plugin market in an interview with Kobe Ben Itamar at Freemius. My favorite takeaway: "I’ve seen a lot of examples of companies failing because their founders spent…

If you are a business owner…

Dan Knauss

August 6, 2018

Business

If you are a business owner — either of a startup or just a small company — I highly recommend watching

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his…

Brian Krogsgard

July 28, 2018

Business

Ryan Sullivan, who recently sold his company WP Site Care, shares his feelings about the way a growing business can potentially interfere with your passion and get you sidetracked from the things that made you start a business in the…

Why the makers of Ninja Forms are getting into eCommerce

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, I talk with James and Kevin -- cofounders of the Ninja Forms product -- to discuss why their next leg of their business is in the competitive landscape of eCommerce.

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton,…

Brian Krogsgard

July 10, 2018

Business

Speaking of the BBC News, Chris Ashton, a senior developer, documents his experience of using the internet with nothing but a keyboard. Many designers and developers are taught to make sure their work is accessible through the keyboard and nothing else, so…

Working on your own website — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

July 9, 2018

BusinessDraft

In this episode, the Brians discuss the challenges of working on your own business website, when your company offers services or makes products for websites.