WordPress News

In the next major version of…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

In the next major version of WooCommerce, the WooCommerce REST API will be taking up the infrastructure of the WordPress REST API as a base, and some changes are being made that you should be aware of if you utilize…

The hosting world is a wild…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Hosting

The hosting world is a wild and scary place, and Kevin Ohashi, of Review Signal, takes you behind the scenes of what it's like being pitched by "slimy" hosts.

Carl Alexander has an in-depth look…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Carl Alexander has an in-depth look at a modern server stack, which is based on his WordCamp San Diego talk.

Did you know you can…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Did you know you can run MariaDB with WordPress, and it's 100% MySQL compatible? There may be some advantages to doing so, for the brave out there.

Jake Bresnehan — the author of…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Jake Bresnehan -- the author of the excellent Web Design Weekly newsletter -- has started a tiny WordPress theme shop, focused on simplicity. Little Island looks pretty cool.

Also in the theming world, Mike…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Also in the theming world, Mike McAlister has redesigned Array Themes (it's beautiful, by the way), and he goes into depth in the announcement post about his thinking behind the changes. It looks like a win all around.

Here’s a list of all hosts…

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

Here's a list of all hosts that actively support LetsEncrypt, and a list of others with positions of some kind or another.

WPLift has sold for $205,200

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

WPLift -- one of the most consistent WordPress blogs out there, which started in 2010 -- has closed in auction on Flippa, at a price of $205,200. The sale price is about 2.75x the last twelve month's revenue, which is quite a…

Follow-up on Server Pilot

Brian Krogsgard

April 27, 2016

BusinessHosting

I talked to Justin Samuel, the CEO of Server Pilot, on the phone today, to do a bit of follow-up after my last post. I'm still intrigued by Server Pilot, which I see as unique in our space right now,…

WordPress Development Tools — Draft Podcast

Katie Richards

April 23, 2016

DraftPlanet

This week, Joe and Brian discuss the tools they use for web and WordPress development. They go from productivity apps that help them accomplish their work to IDEs to build tools to version control.

Josh Pollock argues that the data…

David Bisset

April 21, 2016

Josh Pollock argues that the data WordPress.org is collecting from it's users should be made available to the public. Right now, it's not, and if the data was available, it could in theory be used to create better plugins and…

What happens when site owners don’t…

David Bisset

April 21, 2016

What happens when site owners don't get critical update notifications about their plugins because they no longer have the license (or worse the plugin was included in a purchased theme)? Mike Epstein asks this question and proceeds to throw out…

Every HeroPress story is inspiring and…

David Bisset

April 21, 2016

Every HeroPress story is inspiring and personal, but Jeff Matson's story is particularly honest and deep.

If you find stories about scaling…

David Bisset

April 21, 2016

If you find stories about scaling interesting, then this post on how Twitter handles over 3k images per second might be worth your time. Some takeaway points listed that I appreciated: "Doing the simplest thing that can possibly work can…

Tom McFarlin makes a good case…

April 21, 2016

Tom McFarlin makes a good case to developers that they should be writing quality changelogs. It's doing yourself and others a favor by being specific on what changes have been made and what ones can expect to see when they…

WebDevStudios has released the wd_s Pattern…

April 21, 2016

WebDevStudios has released the wd_s Pattern Library 1.0. It contains: 36 user interface patterns including accordions, carousels / sliders, effects, layout, media, navigtion, etc. An auto-generated color swatches page, which watches the _color.scss for changes, and recompiles as needed. A…