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If you are interested in optimizing…

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2017

If you are interested in optimizing images for faster page loads, then you might want to take a look at this information on modern optimization techniques from Addy Osmani. This is a great guide that covers image formats, decoders, and optimization…

Here are some interesting figures from…

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2017

Here are some interesting figures from Google, which is claiming that HTTPS is "booming" — 75 percent of Chrome traffic on both ChromeOS and macOS is now protected. They also note that 71 of the top 100 websites now use HTTPS…

In a recent episode of How…

Brian Krogsgard

October 25, 2017

In a recent episode of How I Built It, Joe Casabona interviews Alex Cancado, one of the founders of Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms is one of the oldest commercial plugins I can think of. Alex talks about the company as well…

The final episode of Apply Filters…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

The final episode of Apply Filters is now available. I've always loved this show, listening to Brad and Pippin chat about development, business, and everything in between. Apply Filters will be missed. At the same time, I can certainly understand…

John Blackbourn highlights a few email-related…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Security

John Blackbourn highlights a few email-related security improvements going into WordPress 4.9, including a change of email confirmation process.

Browserify has been used in…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Browserify has been used in the WordPress core build process, but recently the core team decided to move in the direction of using Webpack (and ES6 imports) as the new bundler of choice. I think this is a good move. Read this…

WooCommerce 3.2 is out with several…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

WooCommerce 3.2 is out with several improvements. As a reminder, WooCommerce is now on SemVer, so this is a minor release. The biggest new feature is to be able to apply coupons to orders after they're made (prior to payment),…

Speaking of WooCommerce, Liquid Web has…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Speaking of WooCommerce, Liquid Web has announced "Managed WooCommerce" hosting. As Chris Lema explains, "it's a total solution, not a single plugin." It isn't public yet, but they are accepting signups from interested parties. It does several things to help…

DreamHost won an argument in court…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

DreamHost won an argument in court on limiting the information they must provide to the government for a website against the current US administration. I wrote a bit more about censorship then, which this is an update for.

Joe Casabona offers some tips about…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Joe Casabona offers some tips about the transition to full time freelancing. He includes advice on generating multiple streams of income, benefits, and an exit plan.

WooConf 2017, the annual conference for…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

WooConf 2017, the annual conference for WooCommerce developers, will be in Seattle on October 19-20. Even if you can't make the trip you don't have to miss out. Livestream tickets are available. The lineup looks impressive — there are more than 30 speakers…

One last thing on WooCommerce:, Ipshita Biswas…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

One last thing on WooCommerce:, Ipshita Biswas recently published a guide on WooCommerce wholesale strategies. Wholesale was my first ever use-case on a WooCommerce store.

Meetup organizers work hard to provide…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Meetup organizers work hard to provide well-run events every month, but even the most experienced organizers can run low on new speakers and ideas. Bridget Willard and the WordPress Marketing Team have published some meeting formats and topics that will…

Drupal recently introduced a Creative Commons…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Drupal recently introduced a Creative Commons image library containing over 10,0000 images (mostly from various DrupalCons) free for anyone to use. I'd love to see something more formal for WordPress along these lines — an organized library of photos from…

Gutenberg engineer Matias Ventura explains on his…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Gutenberg engineer Matias Ventura explains on his blog how the new editor will simplify tasks that are complex and difficult for WordPress users today. Matias reviews some of the architectural features the Gutenberg team decided to focus on, such as placeholders, blocks,…

Weston Ruler recently shared (on Twitter) a feature…

Brian Krogsgard

October 13, 2017

Weston Ruler recently shared (on Twitter) a feature plugin for adding Customizer preview support for requests made through the Fetch API instead of jQuery.ajax().