WordPress News

WP Engine breach was very likely via Linode

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

You could say that Linode has been a bit of a pain in WP Engine's ass lately. Linode is one of their service providers (they were their only/primary one for a long time, I believe), which basically means WP Engine…

WordPress Foundation financials, and a separate WordCamp organization

Brian Krogsgard

January 6, 2016

Hosting

The WordPress Foundation is the legal entity that has ownership of the WordPress trademark, and also acts as a pass through for WordCamp and other WordPress funds. As a 5013c non-profit in the US, the foundation has to submit paperwork…

10up is on a roll. In…

January 4, 2016

10up is on a roll. In addition to their Flexibility polyfill that provides Flexbox support for IE 8 and 9 I covered recently, they have also open sourced a plugin that helps with workflows from WordPress to InDesign (for print production).…

Automattic has a product called WordAds…

January 4, 2016

Automattic has a product called WordAds that, until now, was only available to bloggers on WordPress.com. Now it's available to Jetpack enabled websites using the new AdControl plugin. If you have a site with at least 1,000 views per month…

Maciej Cegłowski did a talk at…

January 4, 2016

Maciej Cegłowski did a talk at Web Directions 2015 that's been making the rounds, called the Website Obesity Crisis. It is excellent -- and can be easily read or watched -- and this is obviously something we should all be paying attention…

The official WordCamp US pictures are…

January 4, 2016

The official WordCamp US pictures are up on Flickr and there are a ton of great shots. Thanks to the whole team that put these together!

WP Engine passed the buck to…

January 4, 2016

WP Engine passed the buck to an unnamed "cloud infrastructure provider" for their big security breach that sparked resetting all accounts on their system. To me, this is still not enough information. Also, I would want to know when they discovered about…

Core committers: who are they?

Brian Krogsgard

January 4, 2016

Despite the truth, a lot of people love to conflate Automattic with the WordPress core development team. Helen Hou-Sandí noted that of 35 WordPress core committers, 22 do not work at Automattic. Aaron Jorbin took that number and went further.…

The biggest competition for WordPress eCommerce plugins isn’t another CMS

Brian Krogsgard

January 4, 2016

It's Amazon. And to a degree, a handful of other mega eCommerce retailers and marketplaces. Amazon controls a staggering percentage of all eCommerce transactions. According to Bloomberg and Slice Intelligence, Amazon controls nearly 40% of all holiday shopping dollars. Another…

Niccolò Brogi shares the drawbacks he’s…

December 28, 2015

Niccolò Brogi shares the drawbacks he's discovered being a freelance web professional. While I think a lot of his struggles could be overcome with the right strategy, his listed downsides are definitely common pitfalls. This is worth reading if you're considering…

Sami Keijonen has written a great…

December 28, 2015

Sami Keijonen has written a great post with tips for creating accessible WordPress dropdown menus.

Dave Ross writes why he sees…

December 28, 2015

Dave Ross writes why he sees the next 3-5 years as "a time of transformative growth" for WordPress.

Tom McFarlin is going to be…

December 28, 2015

Tom McFarlin is going to be getting into the paid content world, to help people get better at WordPress development. This is Tom's first foray into paid content, and I think it's going to be incredible. Few know their way…

Invest in yourself week

Brian Krogsgard

December 28, 2015

Business

This is one of the best weeks of the year for you, and you may not know it. You probably have fewer support requests, clients calling, or otherwise demanding forces taking you away from focusing inward. I encourage each of…