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Considering a drag and drop “Page…

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Considering a drag and drop "Page Builder" plugin for yourself or a client? Chris Lema has recently posted some thoughts on why you should or shouldn't consider this an as option. I've been toying with Beaver Builder lately, for the…

Dries Buytaert has a thoughtful article…

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Dries Buytaert has a thoughtful article on saving the open web. In case you weren't aware, Dries is the founder and project lead of Drupal, so he definitely has an insight into open-source and surrounding web technologies. Instead of trying to…

If you’re interested in connecting your…

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If you're interested in connecting your WordPress site to Apple News Publisher, WPTavern has a good overview of how to do this with the Publish To Apple News plugin.

Make WordPress Great Again

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Brian Krogsgard

The 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey is out. It's got a ton of data and it's been shared around a good bit already. In terms of WordPress, it appeared on the "winners"  list in terms of "trending tech", but the survey notes…

GoDaddy targets Digital Ocean with new cloud infrastructure

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Brian Krogsgard
GoDaddy is targeting products by companies like Digital Ocean and Amazon with their new by-the-hour Cloud Services and Apps project. The pricing is pretty much a direct mirror of Digital Ocean's right now (starts at $5 per month), and they…

WordPress Hosting — Draft podcast

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Brian Krogsgard
In this episode, Joe and Brian talk all about WordPress hosting, including the different types of hosting that are available, our technical preferences, and some of the non-technical issues that surround hosting in the WordPress world.

Dates for CaboPress have been announced.…

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Dates for CaboPress have been announced. The event is happening on November 14th - 17th in Los Cabos, Mexico and according to event organizer Chris Lema only 20-30 spots are available. CaboPress is a unique WordPress event not only in…

Drew Jaynes is leaving 10up and…

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Drew Jaynes is leaving 10up and is joining Pippin Williamson and his team. Drew has a nice post which talks about his reasons behind the move along with discussion on burnout, not selling yourself short, and bringing up the point…

Scott Kingsley Clark posted an update of…

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Scott Kingsley Clark posted an update of the Fields API on the Make WordPress Core site. It's a good summary of what the current API can do and what you can do to help. "Every area needs review," Scott remarks. The…

Steve Grunwell from 10up has recently…

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Steve Grunwell from 10up has recently developed a plugin that tracks down, "vague or hard-to-reproduce 404 errors reported by clients or visitors," and saves the information to error logs. The plugin looks like a potentially valuable tool for developers, and I'm…

Matt Mullenweg was recently on the…

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Matt Mullenweg was recently on the ChangeLog podcast where he talked about JavaScript for WordPress, REST APIs, Calypso, amongst other (mostly technical) subjects.I haven’t yet listened to this in full, and it’s long, but it’s an open source centric podcast that…

First off, I’ve never made an…

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First off, I’ve never made an investment into an open source company. And secondly, even if I had, I have no idea what a “good investment” looks like. I don’t think anybody does, ever. But I am a former investor…

In the latest CodeInWP transparency report,…

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In the latest CodeInWP transparency report, Ionut Neagu questions whether it's too late to get into the WordPress theme market. I don't think it's too late, but it won't be easy for a new entry either.

Despite its name, the Theme Juice…

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Despite its name, the Theme Juice CLI tool is an interesting project for managing and deploying WordPress sites. The author recently posted it to Reddit seeking feedback, and questioning how they could get more attention to the project. In this…

Medium is considering a paywall and…

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Medium is considering a paywall and "premium content" features. This is a really smart idea and I think they'll do really well with it. If I were Automattic I'd be talking to Drew Strojny to do a Memberful integration for…

I really enjoyed learning more about…

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I really enjoyed learning more about batch and background processing from Pippin Williamson and Brad Touesnard's discussion on Apply Filters. Ashley Rich did a post about the same topic on the Delicious Brains blog too, if you're more of a…

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