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John James Jacoby has released WP…

February 16, 2016

John James Jacoby has released WP Spider Cache, and it looks really great. Specifically, he's done some work to cater it for use with Jetpack, WooCommerce, EDD, BuddyPress, bbPress, and in networks. Definitely check it out.

LifterLMS is going freemium. It seems…

February 16, 2016

LifterLMS is going freemium. It seems like a nice plugin, and this move will definitely make it more accessible. I've heard some pretty good things about this course plugin. Chris Lema compared it to some other options last year, for…

Taylor Lovett has created a plugin…

February 16, 2016

Taylor Lovett has created a plugin for, "Webhooks style subscriptions for all post types" using the WordPress REST API. There's a Github to learn more, and the WordPress.org plugin page.

Sterling Hamilton writes a helpful list…

February 16, 2016

Sterling Hamilton writes a helpful list of "noob" mistakes in WordPress. It's a good list, but also makes me wonder, How can we better educate to prevent such mistakes?

This email framework covers a ton…

February 16, 2016

This email framework covers a ton of mail clients, and looks like a really helpful guide for creating quality responsive email templates. I should probably look into this... blech. Does anyone enjoy such a thing as email design?

There’s “chatter” in startup-land about “down…

February 16, 2016

There's "chatter" in startup-land about "down rounds" and declining markets for startups. Well, the public markets aren't doing so hot either. Anyway, Mark Suster -- a venture capital investor himself -- does a nice job explaining what's going on in…

The new Quartz app is a…

February 16, 2016

The new Quartz app is a unique take on news app design, and the onboarding is so good.

Josh Pollock has been working…

February 16, 2016

Josh Pollock has been working on a four part (17 video) course on the REST API, and it's ready.

1Password for families!?

February 16, 2016

1Password for families!?

Dan Cameron realized his refund rates…

February 16, 2016

Dan Cameron realized his refund rates are twice as high as another plugin seller, and got a little worried. Upon inspection, he's not too upset. I agree with him; I think the balance of conversions (that you may have to…

Michael Arestad asks, What is the…

February 16, 2016

Michael Arestad asks, What is the WordPress dashboard for? Good queston! I really like the direction he's going with his admin research.

Platforms and accessibility

Brian Krogsgard

February 16, 2016

I read an amazing post today. It's old, from 2011, and written by Steve Yegge. Steve worked at Amazon for years, then moved to Google in 2005. After six years at Google, he realized that, "Amazon does everything wrong, and…

Selective refresh paves a path for frontend editing

Brian Krogsgard

February 16, 2016

The selective refresh feature plugin for the customizer makes for a better customizer experience. Weston Ruter summarized the feature on Make Core, and describes its functionality in depth. But also hints at what it makes possible. Currently, postMessage enables live…

The state of meta in the WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

February 16, 2016

Ryan McCue has done another in-depth API-explainer, this time on the state of handling meta with the API. His post is a great exercise in understanding some of the complexity of assuming things (or not assuming things) with the API,…

WordPress in the Enterprise — Draft podcast

Katie Richards

February 13, 2016

DraftPlanet

Today, Joe and Brian discuss WordPress in the enterprise, the role WordPress currently plays in big company technology stacks, and what opportunities exist.

Mason James doesn’t like the term…

February 12, 2016

Business

Mason James doesn't like the term "maintenance", which may come as a surprise considering many folks lump his company, Valet (formerly WP Valet) into a group of "maintenance service" agencies. Maintenance is a completely inadequate and backwards approach to running…