WordPress News

Brenda Barron asks if posting a…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Brenda Barron asks if posting a plugin the WordPress is worth it, covering some pros and cons. Although the advantages are pretty substantial for most developers, you should know what you're getting into.

If you build emails for your…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Business

If you build emails for your business or for clients, then it might be worth it for you to review these "email trends" of 2016. I don't think there's anything on this list that is new or life-changing, but there…

I love it when I rediscover…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

I love it when I rediscover a small WordPress "gem" like this one Stephanie Leary shares on specifying which meta boxes on the WordPress Edit screens are hidden by default. Speaking of, I'd be down for getting rid of the native…

Justin Tadlock has recently released the…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Justin Tadlock has recently released the beta of his Butterbean post meta framework. I have yet to give it a test drive, but so far it looks really nice (apparently modeled after the WordPress Customize API) and everything Justin has ever…

If you use Gravity Forms and…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

If you use Gravity Forms and WP-Cli then Steven Henty has a nice Gravity Forms CLI Tutorial for you.

Carrie Dils shares how she built…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Carrie Dils shares how she built a WordPress membership site with bbPress, BuddyPress, WooCommerce, and a few other plugins. Carrie starts from the very beginning (hosting) and goes up and through detailing how she setup merchant gateways. In the end,…

Pippin Williamson has a great tutorial on…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Pippin Williamson has a great tutorial on extending the metadata API to easily register your own kind of metadata, for attaching to your own custom objects. As I've said before, I love how he continues to share what he's learned scaling his…

If you’re a Postmatic user –…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

If you're a Postmatic user -- or simply interested in the plugin -- version 2 was recently released with what looks like many useful features. The subscriptions and commenting plugin has come a long way since launch and I know…

SearchWP’s latest update includes the ability to…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

SearchWP's latest update includes the ability to index and search through an impressive list of additional document types, including Microsoft Word and OpenOffice. I also like the improvements and tweaks done with the settings screen.

Pressware has released a second plugin,…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Pressware has released a second plugin, called Scheduled Post Shortcut. As the name suggests, it allows easy access to your scheduled posts and even adds keyboard shortcuts -- something you don't see often in plugins -- for quick access.

Developers often hear the advice, “don’t repeat…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Developers often hear the advice, "don't repeat yourself." But this interesting take from Peter-Paul Koch describes why we often do need to repeat ourselves and why, at times, it's ok.

jQuery 3.0 is officially out. It…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

jQuery 3.0 is officially out. It is a continuation of the 2.x branch, but with a few breaking changes. While the 1.12 and 2.2 branches will continue to receive critical support patches for a time, they will not get any…

Amy Hoy, a Ruby & JavaScript…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Amy Hoy, a Ruby & JavaScript developer, published a list of five things she wishes somebody told her before she founded her SaaS. These tips are applicable post-founding too.

Hacked sites are never fun, and reading…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Business

Hacked sites are never fun, and reading tales like this one from Tim Butler gives great insight as to how hackers gain access, since it seems the ways are limitless. In this case, I enjoyed how Tim was able to locate…

Hostadvice, a blog focused on the…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

Hosting

Hostadvice, a blog focused on the hosting industry, has an interview with Tenko Nikolov - CEO of SiteGround. It's nice insight to the leader of one of the more popular hosting companies that caters to WordPress. SiteGround is 12 years old, which may…

If you’re a developer looking for…

Brian Krogsgard

June 14, 2016

If you're a developer looking for a tutorial on building a React + Redux app, this one might be worth looking at. It takes you through putting one together that consumes the SoundCloud API. It's a pretty "start from scratch"…