WordPress News

Consideration of the new user experience in WordPress

Brian Krogsgard

July 19, 2016

Helen Hou-Sandí -- a Lead Developer of WordPress -- has some really good thoughts on the new user experience (NUX) for WordPress. She will be leading WordPress 4.7, and says that she'd like to tackle some of the NUX problems…

ManageWP’s new platform, “Orion”, is now live, includes new pricing

Brian Krogsgard

July 18, 2016

Hosting

ManageWP has long been a leader in the small group of businesses that want to help you manage your WordPress installs from one place. The six year old service has gone through a long development phase, where they rebuilt everything…

Many of us work with open…

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

Many of us work with open source, but maybe we've forgotten that initial joy of how it affects our lives. If so then reading this post from Piotr Gankiewicz on open source being a "life changer" might help you remember.

Unfortunately, maintaining open source projects can…

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

Unfortunately, maintaining open source projects can be a total drain. Daniel Bachhuber offers his condolences if you do so, like him.

Rian Rietveld shares a number of…

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

Rian Rietveld shares a number of ways to make your website more accessible. We need to be using screen reader text, and in more ways than you may think. Those "read more" buttons and icons are particularly troublesome. This isn't a…

Jason Cosper created a Mac OS…

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

Jason Cosper created a Mac OS X executable for just the WordPress slack channel. It's perfect for those who want to be in the channel but don't want to open it in the desktop Slack app, which gobbles up RAM.…

Tailor is a stunning example of…

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

WordPress News

Tailor is a stunning example of a free WordPress page builder, using the foundations of the customizer. It's made by Andrew Worsfold, who interestingly also works at ZenDesk. I just saw this, and it's the most WordPress-looking builder I've seen…

Try the new plugin directory

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

The redesigned plugin directory, which I've reported on before, is in an open beta now, viewable on WordPress.org. Konstantin Obenland announced on the Make Meta blog today that they are seeking feedback of all types. If you've ever created a plugin,…

WordPress 4.6 is in Beta, and it’s time to test

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

WordPress 4.6 is rolling on, currently in Beta 2. The release includes a handful of new minor features, and you'll certainly want to test your products and important sites prior to the full release. Now is the time to do…

Pressmatic wants to be the new standard for local WordPress development

Brian Krogsgard

July 12, 2016

Clay Griffiths -- co-founder of Headway Themes, which he's run since 2009 -- has a new unaffiliated venture, called Pressmatic. With Pressmatic, Clay hopes to set the new standard for local WordPress development. Pressmatic is a GUI-driven utility for creating…

Medium and WordPress — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

July 8, 2016

DraftPlanet

In this episode, Joe and Brian talk about Medium & WordPress and whether Medium and similar platforms are a significant threat to WordPress.

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

The graphs on the WordPress.org stat page have had a minor facelift, but more importantly a new chart was added that tracks languages used by WordPress installs. English has the most marketshare with 54%, and Japanese holds second place with 5.7%. Related:…

Cameron Moll makes the case that…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

Cameron Moll makes the case that progressive web apps are making the future less about "apps everywhere" and ensuring a future where the browser is just as important. While I use native apps on my mobile phone everyday, I don't…

Carl Alexander continues his streak of…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

Carl Alexander continues his streak of good development articles with this recent post showing how developers can manage many classes with a "main plugin class."

If you use placeholders in your…

Brian Krogsgard

July 8, 2016

If you use placeholders in your HTML forms, then a quick look at why they can be problematic is worth a read. The author's main point is that you shouldn't replace labels with placeholders, but use them in a supplemental…