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StackPath has acquired MaxCDN. If you use…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

StackPath has acquired MaxCDN. If you use MaxCDN, it doesn't seem you will be effected in the short term, though based on what I'm reading today, a move upmarket might be in the works down the road. StackPath was started by…

Scott Fennell started a three-part series…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Scott Fennell started a three-part series on CSS Tricks on using the WordPress REST API for "remote control WordPress." Speaking of CSS Tricks, here's another good post where Chris Coyier walks through the many things to consider when styling a…

Boone Gorges shares that BuddyPress 2.8…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Boone Gorges shares that BuddyPress 2.8 will require PHP 5.3.x. He shared recent PHP version breakdown for sites running a version of BuddyPress greater than 2.0: Unknown - 1.08% 5.2 - 3.23% 5.3 - 12.92% 5.4 - 34.44% 5.5 -…

Philip Walton talks about CSS “side…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Philip Walton talks about CSS "side effects" in three forms: Base rule changes, naming collisions, and subtree matches. It's a good read if you work with CSS frequently, and especially on larger projects. One takeaway, even for general coders: make…

Daniel Bachhuber added new features to…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Daniel Bachhuber added new features to RESTful WP-CLI, including being able to natively use WP-CLI over SSH. Since the Kickstarter money has been used, this is likely the last productivity update. Daniel also notes that he is putting together "a…

WPEngine recently announced they are celebrating…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

WPEngine recently announced they are celebrating over 50,000 customers. They are now supporting HTTP/2.

Leader.Team is a new business podcast…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Business

Leader.Team is a new business podcast from Cory Miller and Matt Danner. I like that their goal is keep it shorter than most podcasts (15-25 minute) so that it's easily digestible.

WP-CLI GUI is a GUI for…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

WP-CLI GUI is a GUI for WP-CLI, created by Tim Brugman. WPTavern has a brief interview and a few additional details.

Here’s a tutorial that shows you…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

Here's a tutorial that shows you how to automatically update themes and plugins you've purchased from Themeforest and CodeCanyon. This is accomplished with the (free) Envato Market Plugin.

This conversation between Matt Mullenweg, Mark…

Brian Krogsgard

July 25, 2016

This conversation between Matt Mullenweg, Mark Suster, and a few others on Twitter, regarding Medium, is pretty interesting, and another fairly aggressive pushback from the WordPress co-founder. DerpPress -- of course -- has the absolute best follow-up.

Posts 2 Posts officially needs a new maintainer, as Scribu is stepping aside

Brian Krogsgard

July 24, 2016

Posts 2 Posts has long been the "go to" plugin for what's called "many to many" relationships in WordPress. Silviu-Cristian Burcă, who goes by Scribu, has maintained the plugin for a long time. The plugin has over 20,000 active installs…

Listings, forked from WP Job Manager, goes generic

Brian Krogsgard

July 23, 2016

The Look And Feel -- an agency that includes Scott Basgaard and Coen Jacobs -- have forked WP Job Manager into a plugin called Listings, with the intention of enable generic "listings" with WordPress, that can be specialized for nearly any…

I was fascinated by this list…

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2016

I was fascinated by this list of more than thirty affiliate programs and their payout structures, as curated by CodeInWP. I'm more interested from the standpoint of what it may take when creating your own affiliate program than I was…

WordCamp Ann Arbor is putting on…

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2016

WordCamp Ann Arbor is putting on a "WordCamp Warmup" event which sounds like a great idea to attract more prepared attendees.

Codeable.io is a marketplace of developers…

Brian Krogsgard

July 20, 2016

Codeable.io is a marketplace of developers who work on both outsourced and directly sourced projects. They recently announced that they are getting additional funding from (among other companies) Automattic. They are also forming a formal partnership with WooCommerce itself, I…