Docker adoption is up five times…
Docker adoption is up five times over in the last year, and the surge is being lead by big companies. This was the trend I suspected, but this survey of 7,000 organizations confirms it.
Squarespace is price bracketing different site…
Squarespace is price bracketing different site types, by introducing a $3 / month plan for splash pages and a $27 / month plan for eCommerce.
Nick Hamze looks at VaultPress’s pitch…
Nick Hamze looks at VaultPress's pitch -- a product of Automattic, for whom he works -- in a critical way, and thinks they have some work to do to better deliver their message. I agree.
Justin Sternberg has a nice post…
Justin Sternberg has a nice post on the WebDevStudios blog on setting up WordPress to successful check for, and use if possible, an external object cache.
Let’s finish with a couple of…
Let's finish with a couple of publishing hot takes... Ben Thompson talks about how Grantland was a money pit for ESPN, but why it shouldn't have been. Text is a gateway drug, and Bill Simmons is already proving it with…
Donation versus payment
Brian Krogsgard
Justin Tadlock toyed with a donation model on Theme Hybrid, that did not go well. His (already very affordable) Theme Hybrid memberships went down to a quarter of the previous rate of signups. This is what he says he learned:…
Mike McAlister on creating a WordPress theme
Brian Krogsgard
I did another interview, that for now is for members only. This one is with Mike McAlister, on the process of creating a WordPress theme: https://soundcloud.com/brian-krogsgard/mike-mcalister-on-creating-a-wordpress-theme/s-jUSpV Mike recently released Paperback, a magazine focused WordPress theme. I really like Paperback (like…
Understanding WP-CLI and a discussion on micro plugin businesses — Draft podcast
Katie Richards
This week’s Post Status Draft podcast is hosted by Brian Krogsgard and Joe Hoyle. This week, they talk about WP-CLI, and running a micro plugin business.
The dangers of paying too close of attention to industry news
Brian Krogsgard
Ironic, I know. I'm writing you "industry news" to warn you about paying too close of attention to it. But I am. It's a bit of a risk, but I wouldn't be being true to myself if I didn't share what…
Tom Nowell has a really neat…
Tom Nowell has a really neat tool, that let's you input something, and see what the output would be, having been run through every one of WordPress's escaping and sanitizing functions. I seriously love this little tool. Confused about it?…
Scott Taylor’s WordCamp NYC presentation on…
Scott Taylor's WordCamp NYC presentation on WordPress 4.4 and beyond has some pretty interesting tidbits on WordPress, what has changed this release, and some of the tools he likes right now. I look forward to the full video on this one,…
Scott Bolinger has tips on working…
Scott Bolinger has tips on working with taxonomies with the REST API, and a separate little gist for including featured image URLs in the post API response.
At some point recently, I mentioned…
At some point recently, I mentioned that Rainmaker aka the former Copyblogger aka StudioPress people were launching something called Digital Commerce, but that it was described pretty vaguely at the time. It turns out it's a course and conference, and not…
A more RESTful WP-CLI
Brian Krogsgard
Daniel Bachhuber maintains the WP-CLI utility tool that is included on the underlying stacks of many, many WordPress websites. Once you get the hang of WP-CLI, it's super useful, and it's easy to discover something it can do that you…
A visual overview of the WordPress default theme and dashboard
Brian Krogsgard
93Digital has put together a neat visual that shows the history of WordPress dashboards and default themes. 2005 was a big year for WordPress, visually, with the 2.5 update that was heavily iterated on in 2.7. The layout from 2.7 is…
Benefits for importing old archives, versus separate sites
Brian Krogsgard
Running large, long running publications can come with significant challenges. I think one of the shining examples of WordPress in action on the web today is WIRED. In their latest engineering update, Kathleen Vignos shares that they've moved more than…
