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I enjoyed this 30 minute interview…

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Brian Krogsgard

I enjoyed this 30 minute interview with Matt Mullenweg on the Apply Filters podcast. Matt acknowledges some possible weaknesses in the current workflows for WordPress core development. He also mentions some topics that he thinks do not get discussed enough in…

Jens Oliver Meiert has crunched some…

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Brian Krogsgard

Jens Oliver Meiert has crunched some numbers, and according to his research there is 70% repetition of CSS styles. This is based on a sampling of 200 sites from The Moz Top 500 plus a few others. Since developers strive to avoid…

If you run a non-profit, check…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you run a non-profit, check out Kyle Matthew's guide to a "modern non-profit's tech stack." Kyle covers services and products like Kindful, Give, Stripe, Slack, MailChimp, and of course WordPress. The information is thoughtful and in-depth.

Morten Rand-Hendriksen has a comprehensive post…

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Brian Krogsgard

Morten Rand-Hendriksen has a comprehensive post at Smashing Magazine that explains how to build production-ready CSS Grid layouts. This is broadly relevant to all front-end developers, although Morten's focus here is on WordPress themes.

10up has recently released an update…

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Brian Krogsgard

10up has recently released an update to the Restricted Site Access plugin, a useful plugin for staging environments. Latest version, among other things, is that it's now compatible with multisite.

MH Themes writes to relate why…

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Brian Krogsgard

MH Themes writes to relate why they are stopping the sale of WordPress themes on WordPress.com. They cite a few reasons, although the point that stuck out for me was the claim that Automattic seems to moving more and more…

Ben Gillbanks shares how the new…

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Brian Krogsgard

Ben Gillbanks shares how the new media widgets in WordPress 4.8 caused some problems with his themes. He notes, "The days of creating a simple theme with an index.php and a stylesheet are long gone. To stand out you have…

WooCommerce ending renewal discounts is a good thing

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Brian Krogsgard
WooCommerce has — at least for now — decided to end renewal discounts for extension sales. This is a smart business move and the right thing to do, even if it could've been rolled out better. Matt Mullenweg said in…

Two personnel announcements were made today,…

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Brian Krogsgard

Two personnel announcements were made today, and while I don't typically comment on such things anymore, I figured I would this time because they are both friends. Matt Medeiros took his first full time job in over a decade to…

Imagely (whose parent company makes the…

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Brian Krogsgard

Imagely (whose parent company makes the NextGEN Gallery plugin) has acquired Tesla Themes and is interested in acquiring more theme shops. Tesla Themes has more than 4,000 sales on ThemeForest, plus those on their own site.

Jetpack 5.0 was released as a “spring cleaning”…

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Brian Krogsgard

Jetpack 5.0 was released as a "spring cleaning" with a focus on stability and compatibility. You'll want to update for cleaner code, faster execution, and a few bug fixes for PHP 7.1 that were causing some fatal errors.

Much more interesting than a regular…

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Brian Krogsgard
Much more interesting than a regular Jetpack upgrade is how (as I predicted) Jetpack is bringing "professional themes" to the plugin, effectively making it a full-on marketplace. I am very, very interested in how that's going to work, specifically in…

Scott Bolinger’s latest new plugin release…

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Brian Krogsgard

Scott Bolinger's latest new plugin release is Holler Box, a flexible notifications system to announce things and call attention to all sorts of content. It looks like a really nice product, and it's free.

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