WordPress News

From “Feature Plugins” to “Feature Projects”

Brian Krogsgard

March 31, 2016

I've been looking forward to a post like this. Helen Hou-Sandí has written about an evolution of the feature plugin model. Over the last two and a half years, we’ve had successful feature plugins that were merged into core, efforts…

The release candidate for WordPress 4.5…

March 26, 2016

The release candidate for WordPress 4.5 is now available. If you haven't testing your themes or plugins yet, now is definitely the time to do so.

HeroPress recently celebrated its first year…

March 26, 2016

HeroPress recently celebrated its first year anniversary. Topher wrote a blog post featured some stats about it's first year (18 countries is impressive). I'm looking forward to seeing more in year two; many stories in the first year were quite…

Modern Tribe has acquired GigPress, a…

March 26, 2016

Modern Tribe has acquired GigPress, a popular plugin for musicians, comedians, and public speakers. For the short-term, it looks like nothing is changing for current users of GigPress, and Modern Tribe has noted that they are committed to keeping GigPress intact…

If you are a photographer or…

March 26, 2016

If you are a photographer or like tweaking your photos, you might be interested to know that Google has made Nik Collection free for everyone. I haven't used this software, but judging by it's homepage it looks pretty extensive and…

Jen Mylo recently posted that she…

March 26, 2016

Jen Mylo recently posted that she is leaving Automattic. Jen has been a huge part of the WordPress community for a very long time (8 years according to her post -- but I know many that are reading this might not…

Sucuri posted some insight on how…

March 26, 2016

Sucuri posted some insight on how they clean infected websites. It's good background knowledge to know what the general procedure is -- and their tips on how to be prepared also serves as a reminder to those who upkeep any website,…

Pippin Williamson continues his Custom Database…

March 26, 2016

Pippin Williamson continues his Custom Database API course with a new post showcasing a sample product ordering class. The information is behind a paywall, but if you are a developer and there's a chance you're writing a plugin that might…

WPEngine has added two-factor authentication for…

March 26, 2016

WPEngine has added two-factor authentication for it's user portal, which is a good move, especially considering the attack they suffered recently. I'm hesitant to use services that don't have two-factor auth when the service is as sensitive as hosting.

Namecheap is looking for WordPress users…

March 26, 2016

Namecheap is looking for WordPress users to beta-test their EasyWP product. EasyWP appears to be a dashboard where you manage WordPress instances, deploy new installs, execute backups and restores, etc. They claim it will be officially launched "later in 2016".…

Here’s some interesting survey data of Alexa’s…

March 26, 2016

Here's some interesting survey data of Alexa's top 10,000 websites from Smashing Magazine: they saw a 25% increase in mobile web adoption eight months after Google announced the launch of its new mobile ranking system. It also shows how many sites (especially e-commerce…

Ghost is looking for beta testers…

March 26, 2016

Ghost is looking for beta testers for a new desktop app. They have a "developer build" that is available for Windows, Mac and Linux. I talked to John O'Nolan about this a while back, and he said that because of their…

Ryan McCue has created a tiny…

March 26, 2016

Ryan McCue has created a tiny utility to allow submitting pull requests to WordPress. Matt Mullenweg announced in one of his previous State of the Word talks that folks would be able to contribute to WordPress via Github -- but it…

If you use Yoast SEO for…

March 26, 2016

If you use Yoast SEO for WordPress, you might be interested to know that Yoast has made free Yoast SEO plugin tutorials for every tab on every page of the Yoast SEO configuration pages.

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the…

March 26, 2016

Vova Feldman recalls how changing the pricing model of his SaaS based WordPress plugin by removing the monthly renewable option cost him dramatically. This post is more for folks selling something, but there are interesting lessons to take away here for…

WPTavern highlights the new Customize Snapshots plugin…

March 26, 2016

WPTavern highlights the new Customize Snapshots plugin that lets you draft and preview customizer states and then be able to share those states via a private URL. I like the concept of making customizer customizations more collaborative and can't wait to…