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It is the season for version…

January 18, 2016

It is the season for version 2.5, apparently. Both WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads have had major feature releases lately, both to 2.5 (which is arbitrary but fun). Easy Digital Downloads includes a new export tool for reporting, revamped settings…

Gilbert Pellegrom compares local development with…

January 18, 2016

Gilbert Pellegrom compares local development with Vagrant versus Docker. He concludes that while Docker is interesting, Vagrant is a bit easier to get going, and I quite agree. There are also more mature and well developed tools for WordPress with…

Michael Arestad’s ideas for improving the…

January 18, 2016

Michael Arestad's ideas for improving the "new post" screen are very exciting to me. Well worth spending some time reading about, and a great time to pitch in if you have any magical UX ideas.

David Hayes has done an excellent…

January 18, 2016

Hosting

David Hayes has done an excellent job giving a lay of the land of the JavaScript world, as it applies to WordPress developers. WP Shout also completed their hosting survey, and the results are out. The sample size is a…

Apparently “hamburger shaming” is a real…

January 18, 2016

Apparently "hamburger shaming" is a real thing and it doesn't have anything to do with mocking me for the double patty plus corn beef with three cheeses and a fried egg monstrosity I ate a couple weeks ago. A defense of…

Kinsta is doubling in size every…

January 18, 2016

Kinsta is doubling in size every 10 months.

jQuery 3.0 is about to hit…

January 18, 2016

jQuery 3.0 is about to hit the streets and the era of multiple versions of jQuery will be a thing of the past (unless you need IE 8 support).

This person is pretty mad about the…

January 18, 2016

This person is pretty mad about the state of the internet in 2016.

Human Made white paper makes the case for the WordPress REST API

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

Human Made has released a white paper called Talking to 25% of the Web that makes a compelling case for the WordPress REST API along with an in-depth technical review that includes case studies. In addition to describing what makes for a…

PHP 5.6 support to be extended through 2018

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

Security

PHP has voted on a proposal to extend support for PHP 5.6 -- the most recent non-PHP-7 release -- through 2018. The vote is a great step for WordPress, as version 5.6 only has about 12% adoption still. PHP 5.6…

iThemes adding live, incremental backups to BackupBuddy

Brian Krogsgard

January 18, 2016

BusinessHosting

iThemes has managed and supported BackupBuddy for about as long as any commercial plugin on the market. It's a cornerstone product for them, and it's done very well over the years. With BackupBuddy 7.0, they are adding live, incremental backups…

Followup to the Foundation and WordCamp article

Brian Krogsgard

January 12, 2016

Hosting

After the Foundation / new WordCamp organization article last week, I had some followup with Matt Mullenweg regarding several details. For one, the new organization will indeed be a subsidiary of the WordPress Foundation, and it will be a public…

WP 101 has introduced closed captions…

January 12, 2016

WP 101 has introduced closed captions on all of their videos. This is awesome for accessibility purposes and another good reason to include WP 101 videos in your standard client training documents.

Noel Tock has published his predictions…

January 12, 2016

Design

Noel Tock has published his predictions for WordPress in 2016. I like most of what he says, and just as importantly, I'm going to steal his theme design so hard for my personal blog, as soon as I get some time.

If you want to understand how…

January 12, 2016

If you want to understand how to bridge the gap between the REST API and the Customizer, Weston Ruter has you covered. With an incredibly detailed blog post and a sample plugin, you can get started taking advantage of manipulating…