Last, but certainly not least, WPCampus…
Last, but certainly not least, WPCampus -- the WordPress conference for higher education -- is going to be in Sarasota Florida, July 15th-16th. Speaker applications are open now.
Other things you should read about the REST API
Brian Krogsgard
The REST API is a hot topic of conversation right now. I spent 3,000 words verbalizing my opinion on it, but there is a lot of good stuff that smart folks have written about the API and its current state.…
Complete coverage should not be a requirement for core inclusion of WordPress REST API endpoints
Brian Krogsgard
The WordPress REST API is at a bit of a crossroads. There is a proposal on the table by the core team of four contributors — Ryan McCue, Rachel Baker, Daniel Bachhuber, and Joe Hoyle — to ship endpoints to WordPress core iteratively. There is a pushback on this proposal by WordPress Project Lead and co-founder Matt Mullenweg.
WordPress REST API Round-table — Draft Podcast
Katie Richards
Today, Joe and Brian are joined by several experts of the WordPress REST API for a community round-table podcast. This podcast was recorded in London at A Day of REST, a conference that was devoted to the REST API.
WordPress 4.4.2 is out with a…
WordPress 4.4.2 is out with a security and maintenance release. It should be a no-brainer update for everyone (and is probably updated on most of your sites by now, automatically). It affects all versions of WordPress and updates are out…
Considering I just spent a number…
Considering I just spent a number of hours editing collections in Lightroom after my trip to London, I'm quite keen on Envira Gallery's new integration with the photo editing software. It lets you sync (both for initial publishing and later…
Envato has hired James Giroux as…
Envato has hired James Giroux as their new WordPress Evangelist. James worked for Pagelines once upon a time and has been involved with the WordPress community for a while now. Having talked to him a number of times, I know…
I don’t often do hiring news,…
I don't often do hiring news, but I may as well do a second while I'm at it. Aaron Jorbin has joined Happytables as CTO after a time at Condé Nast. Aaron's hiring is one of a couple of managerial…
The WordPress theme review team has…
The WordPress theme review team has started a discussion about what acceptable practice should be for theme upsells for themes hosted on the official WordPress theme repository. The discussion has been good so far, but nothing conclusive is in the…
Elliot Taylor has written a nice…
Elliot Taylor has written a nice writeup on how to enable free trials in WooCommerce Subscriptions, without requiring a credit card.
WordPress.com is happy to brag about…
WordPress.com is happy to brag about their perfect score from the Electronic Freedom Foundation. As many things that sometimes frustrate me about Automattic, their insistence on this style of transparency is an excellent trait.
Daniel Bachhuber went pretty in-depth about…
Daniel Bachhuber went pretty in-depth about his talk from A Day of REST, and if you weren't there, this is the next best thing until the video comes out. Or, even once the video does come out, this is a…
Cameron Campbell writes on Web Dev…
Cameron Campbell writes on Web Dev Studios with some best practice and, erm, appreciated techniques (by developers), in Photoshop. They're good tips and it's a nice resource to send the designer in your life (or to keep in mind yourself, if…
Automattic has been testing Let’s Encrypt,…
Automattic has been testing Let's Encrypt, which for them means putting about a million domains on Let's Encrypt certs. I talked to someone from Automattic, and they are planning to expand it, but are still ironing out a lot of…
Also, kudos to SiteGround for making…
Also, kudos to SiteGround for making Let's Encrypt certs available across their platform.
Underscores is introducing components for enabling specific types of websites
Brian Krogsgard
The team behind Underscores, the popular starter theme, is introducing a "Components" model, where you can generate a base theme with components that cater to a specific type of website: business, magazine, blog, etc. The project is still in early stages,…
