State of the Word, 2015
Brian Krogsgard
Matt Mullenweg has just completed the 2015 State of the Word, the annual speech where he highlights the last year of everything WordPress and what we can anticipate in the future.
I keep forgetting to include this…
I keep forgetting to include this in the newsletter, but as WP Tavern reported a couple of weeks ago, Nick Haskins did end up selling Aesop Story Engine and related properties, to a buyer named Hyun Supul. Nick says he…
Creative Minds have done a survey…
Creative Minds have done a survey of mostly WordPress developers, where they aimed to find out what the motivations for buyer WordPress plugins are. The results don't overly surprise me one way or another, but they are still interesting to…
Visual Hunt is yet another resource…
Visual Hunt is yet another resource for finding free stock photos.
A new website keeps track of what historically…
A new website keeps track of what historically device-only features are supported in a web based environment.
I read an old article today,…
I read an old article today, where an entrepreneur that specializes in boring, small businesses uses what he learned leading ISO 9000 audits and applies those lessons to his businesses. He has a lot of interesting tips, but among them are…
To offer a third opinion to…
To offer a third opinion to what I linked last week, WordPress co-founder Mike Little weighs in with his thoughts on progressive enhancement and accessibility.
Devin Vinson wrote a handy little…
Devin Vinson wrote a handy little plugin that might be a better solution for those of you seeking to provide per-page CSS, via a metabox with built in syntax highlighting.
WP Shout are again doing their…
WP Shout are again doing their WordPress hosting survey. I'm sure they would appreciate it if you took the survey, and share it with your networks to get a nice sample.
Say yes to HTTPS is a website…
Say yes to HTTPS is a website by Eric Lewis, "to help developers (and perhaps whomever) learn and implement HTTPS."
Welcome back from maternity leave to…
Welcome back from maternity leave to my WP Tavern frenemy, Sarah Gooding.
JavaScript and the future of WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
Scott Bolinger has written a great post that outlines some of the things to consider for a future that includes a more JavaScript-centric WordPress. Two of the most thought provoking sections of his post are on enabling support for plugins,…
Github to WordPress
Brian Krogsgard
Mike Jolley has released a very handy Github to WordPress script, that might well be the new standard for such a tool. Available on Github, the script is executed with a simple sh release.sh command. If you manage your code…
WordPress 4.4 is now in the…
WordPress 4.4 is now in the Release Candidate stage! From release lead Scott Taylor: RC means we think we’re done, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible we’ve missed something. We hope to ship…
The US Embassy system is starting…
The US Embassy system is starting a move toward putting their vast network of websites on WordPress. The South African embassy was one of the first shipped!
