WordPress News

For the first time, WordCamp Europe…

Brian Krogsgard

April 25, 2017

For the first time, WordCamp Europe is offering sponsorships exclusively for "small businesses", which they define as businesses that generate the majority of their revenue from WordPress and made less than €1 million in revenue in 2016. The sponsorship costs…

J.R. Farr, CEO and Founder of…

Brian Krogsgard

April 25, 2017

J.R. Farr, CEO and Founder of MOJO Marketplace writes about how MOJO went about "reimagining" their marketplace, which boasts 5 million+ users. I particularly enjoyed a tip about not getting trapped by a drive for perfection: Believe it or not,…

I always like a story on…

Brian Krogsgard

April 25, 2017

I always like a story on how a large company or site improved web performance, and a recent one from BCC News doesn't disappoint. A few bullet points on the results: First meaningful paint happens up to 50% sooner on…

First web interaction for small businesses

Brian Krogsgard

April 25, 2017

Business

The great battle for the small business side of the web is for a customer's first web interaction. Want to create a website? Where do you go? That's the battle that every player wants to win: Automattic, GoDaddy, EIG, Envato.…

Breaking into and building community, with WordPress and beyond — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

April 24, 2017

BusinessDraft

In this episode, Brian is joined by Matt Medeiros, a veteran of building communities in the WordPress Space. They talk about the challenges and rewards of diving into a new community.

WordPress 4.7.4, a maintenance release, is…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

WordPress 4.7.4, a maintenance release, is now available. It includes 47 enhancements and bug fixes.

Simple Schedule Appointments has a self…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Simple Schedule Appointments has a self explanatory name, and looks quite promising. It's a project by Natalie MacLees and Nathan Tyler. I interviewed Natalie at LoopConf about this, so be on the lookout for the video soon. The plugin looks…

Robert Abela at WP White Security…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Security

Robert Abela at WP White Security has an interview with BlogVault CEO Akshat Choudhary. The conversion revolves around the security breach involving BlogVault's online WordPress backup service in February. The BlogVault service itself, it turns out, was not hacked, but…

WP Site Care has introduced a…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

WP Site Care has introduced a site check service that looks like a great offering. They dig into a site, with a mini discovery as a service (my words) to be able to guide customers on what the best next…

Steve Ballmer recently announced the public…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Steve Ballmer recently announced the public launch of usafacts.org, which allows one to search and learn about how the US government spends its tax dollars. It shares a bunch of data and statistical information. I found the story of how…

Danny van Kooten relates how and…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Danny van Kooten relates how and why he rewrote his application for Boxzilla from PHP/Laraval to the Go programming language. He shares some differences and benchmarks, but since Go is a compiled language it's not a straight "apples to apples"…

David Hayes examines what facets of…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

David Hayes examines what facets of WordPress’s ecosystem led to its marketshare and overall success. Among the reasons, David lists that WordPress "did start early" (when there weren't a thousand CMS options to choose from) and credits Matt Mullenweg for…

AppPresser recently announced push notification segmenting,…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

AppPresser recently announced push notification segmenting, which allows your app users to choose what subjects they are interested in, so you can send them targeted notifications. They also raised their prices (which they haven't done in 3+ years).

Matt Mullenweg wrote an update on…

Brian Krogsgard

April 20, 2017

Matt Mullenweg wrote an update on Make WordPress regarding core focus areas. He says writing and customization are coming along but regarding the REST API, notes, "There has been little to no perceivable progress on having any parts of wp-admin…