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There is a call for volunteers…

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Brian Krogsgard

There is a call for volunteers for those interested in becoming a WordPress Release Leads for 4.8 and beyond. Aaron Jorbin notes that "release leads do not need to be developers, but having experience contributing to WordPress is recommended." Both…

Matt Shaw at Delicious Brains compares…

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Brian Krogsgard

Matt Shaw at Delicious Brains compares the speed of admin-ajax to the WordPress REST API, and on average saw about a 15% improvement.

I was reminded of this again…

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Brian Krogsgard

I was reminded of this again by Mike McAlister: Dieter Rams' ten principles of good design, and they are as relevant as ever.

WordPress needs bigger data

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Brian Krogsgard

WordPress needs big data -- knowledge of how the product is used -- to make better decisions as to how to direct the future of the software. To make my point, allow me to drift off into the wonderful world…

Using Kickstarter to fund open source

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Daniel Bachhuber
Successfully crowdfunding open source development is difficult, but not impossible. Here are some of the lessons I took away from my Kickstarter project, "A more RESTful WP-CLI."

Boone Gorges has some great thoughts…

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Brian Krogsgard

Boone Gorges has some great thoughts about direct and indirect funding for free software development. If you read one thing today, I think I'd make this it. Boone offsets his time spent contributing to open source by charging higher rates,…

Speaking of giving back, WebDevStudios is…

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Brian Krogsgard

Speaking of giving back, WebDevStudios is changing the way they do "five for the future," so that now it's lumped into a single full day per month. It's great to see them sticking to this and changing up their methods…

Konstantin Obenland recently outlined feedback that’s been…

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Brian Krogsgard

Konstantin Obenland recently outlined feedback that’s been submitted regarding the plugin directory redesign. Konstantin cites a few concerns, including the current decision not to show the active install count, last updated date, and author. It’s good to see everyone’s feedback acknowledged and…

If you are looking to customize…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you are looking to customize WooCommerce themes and need a starting point, you could try this initial guide from Kerin Miller at DesignWall. It's not perfect, but it's not bad either.

If you’ve ever struggled with estimates…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you've ever struggled with estimates (who hasn't?) then you'll appreciate this post from Christian Mackeprang on why good estimates are impossible (note, the post is from 2015, but still good). As a throwback to my own most popular post ever, also…

<fieldset> and <legend> elements aren’t the…

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Brian Krogsgard

<fieldset> and <legend> elements aren't the most common HTML elements and I've always wondered if I was using them correctly, so I'm happy to share this post from Leonie Watson about the correct usage of the these elements, especially when…

I like to keep track of…

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Brian Krogsgard

I like to keep track of new editorial plugins and Nelio Content is new to me. Built by Nelio Software, the plugin claims to be an "all-in-one editorial calendar for WordPress". It appears to me that they have a target on CoSchedule,…

Google’s ad labeling has grown increasingly…

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Brian Krogsgard

Google's ad labeling has grown increasingly more subtle over the years, as this article shows. While you are on Search Engine Land's site, also check out this post if you have moved to HTTPS recently, as they offer tips to…

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on the…

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Brian Krogsgard

Pippin Williamson was interviewed on the Mastermind.fm podcast. Mastermind.fm is hosted by Jean Galea (found of WP Mayor) and James Laws (co-founder of WP Ninjas). If you haven't checked out their podcast yet, give it a try.

Chris Flannagan has started a series…

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Brian Krogsgard

Chris Flannagan has started a series of posts over at The WP Crowd about building data driven IOS & Android apps with WordPress REST API and NativeScript.

If you use ElasticPress or know…

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Brian Krogsgard

If you use ElasticPress or know someone that does, check out Taylor Lovett's ElasticPress extension to Debug Bar. Also here's an ElasticPress cheatsheet, which might come in handy. Joe and I spent a good bit of time discussing Elasticsearch (and…

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