WordPress News

WPCampus Online is happening now — January…

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

WPCampus Online is happening now — January 30th. This is a relatively new conference (now in its third year) for WordPress users and developers who work in higher education. The event is free and completely virtual. (Check out the videos and…

My podcast co-host, Brian Richards, has…

Brian Krogsgard

January 30, 2018

My podcast co-host, Brian Richards, has posted his year-in-review for WP Sessions. He discusses what's new with the site, including new training materials, and also his private training program he's developed, and some of you may be interested in. Check…

WordPress Market Opportunities — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

January 26, 2018

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Brian and Brian discuss market segmentation across the WordPress ecosystem.

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on…

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2018

Business

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on one of my favorite blogs -- Indie Hackers. He talked about how he created his business and has turned it into one generating nearly $200k in revenue per month. Also from Pippin's team, they…

Matt Cromwell shares the people and…

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2018

Matt Cromwell shares the people and projects he's most interested in following in 2018. It's a good list -- much more thorough than what you normally see.

Jenn Schiffer, Community Engineer of Glitch.com,…

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2018

Jenn Schiffer, Community Engineer of Glitch.com, interviews Gary Pendergast about open source licensing and how it relates to WordPress. Gary mentions he's happy with React's move to the MIT license, but still points out how it could be improved. One…

There are two great Gutenberg posts out…

Brian Krogsgard

January 23, 2018

There are two great Gutenberg posts out now: Bill Erickson relates his experience about building a Gutenberg block, and how he added one for one of his plugins. He notes that it was, "more difficult than he expected," but in the…

As we move forward in 2018…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

As we move forward in 2018 with Gutenberg's release looming closer, more is being written about its possible impact, the currently foreseen problems it may solve, the potential problems it will create, and so on. Here are a few recent…

I sure can relate to Scott Bolinger…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

I sure can relate to Scott Bolinger on the topic of habits and the importance of changing the bad ones. Two points I took to heart: (1) You need a compelling reason to change, and it "needs to really fire you up."…

As is his tradition at the…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Business

As is his tradition at the end of each year, Pippin Williamson wrote out his 2017 year in review. He covers his price changes, revenue, the closing of the EDD marketplace, and other significant milestones for his company. I wish…

Looking for alternatives to Jetpack? Tom…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Looking for alternatives to Jetpack? Tom McFarlin has a list of third-party tools that are "worth the price," in his opinion.

WP Engine recently announced a “strategic…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

WP Engine recently announced a "strategic growth investment" of $250 million from Silver Lake. They are also reporting over $100 million in annual recurring revenue.

Dries Buytaert, founder and lead developer…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Dries Buytaert, founder and lead developer of Drupal, plans on blogging more and using social media less in 2018. I can definitely relate to this. For something more than a few tweets in length, I want to write in WordPress…

Ashley Rich writes about implementing a…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Ashley Rich writes about implementing a page cache on highly dynamic sites using Easy Digital Downloads.

Here’s a nice post from Alain…

Brian Krogsgard

January 19, 2018

Here's a nice post from Alain Schlesser on a roadmap for the "Serve Happy" project. Its primary goal is reducing the number of WordPress installations running on an unsupported PHP version — along with some more quickly achievable secondary goals