WordPress News

It’s not often that you hear…

April 14, 2016

It's not often that you hear about client interactions with WordPress.com VIP from the client's perspective. A blog post from 3.7 Designs spills some beans a bit and talks about how a project with VIP went, touching from how they…

Origami is a just announced tool that…

April 14, 2016

Origami is a just announced tool that allows you to put together a prototype, run it on your iPhone or iPad, iterate on it, and export at least some form of code. It's a product born and used at Facebook, and…

Let’s Encrypt is out of beta…

April 14, 2016

Let's Encrypt is out of beta and WPTavern points out that (according to Mozilla) more than 90% of the certificates are protecting websites that never had encryption before. Let's Encrypt is a major game changer.

Tickets are on sale for inaugural…

April 14, 2016

Tickets are on sale for inaugural WPCampus conference, which a WordPress event following in the footsteps of independent conferences like Pressnomics, Prestige, LoopConf, and A Day of REST. Tickets are $99 and attendance is limited to a couple hundred people,…

If you ever wondering what an…

April 14, 2016

If you ever wondering what an official theme review involves, then you should watch

Managing products is about focus

Brian Krogsgard

April 13, 2016

Business

I have to hand it to Jeff Chandler, he's pretty good at raising a ruckus when he's annoyed with a plugin. Yesterday, I guess he reached his boiling point with Edit Flow, the quasi-abandoned plugin by Automattic for managing an…

Understanding reference transactions and PayPal

Brian Krogsgard

April 13, 2016

Business

During my WooConf talk, I discussed a little bit about PayPal, why it's useful as an eCommerce checkout option, and why site owners with subscriptions need Reference Transactions enabled. The common question after that was: what they heck are Reference Transactions?…

WordPress 4.5, “Coleman”, released

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2016

Make WordPressPlanet

WordPress 4.5, "Coleman", has just been released. The release includes new inline editing features, custom logo support, customizer enhancements, and some under the hood changes that you'll like.

A Day of REST is going to Boston

Brian Krogsgard

April 12, 2016

HostingPlanet

The second A Day of REST conference will be in Boston, Massachusetts. The event will cover the WordPress REST API in-depth, with talks and workshops from leaders in the community. It will be co-organized by Human Made and Post Status.